netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bluetooth: clean up harmless false expression

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Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:39:05 +0100
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Jεan Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>
Cc:     Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-bluetooth <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bluetooth: clean up harmless false
 expression

Hi Jean,

> scid is u16 with a range from 0x0000 to 0xffff.  L2CAP_CID_DYN_END is
> 0xffff.  We should drop the false check of (scid > L2CAP_CID_DYN_END).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Sacren <sakiwit@...il.com>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> index 4f8f37599962..fe5f455646f6 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c
> @@ -4118,7 +4118,7 @@ static struct l2cap_chan *l2cap_connect(struct l2cap_conn *conn,
> 	result = L2CAP_CR_NO_MEM;
> 
> 	/* Check for valid dynamic CID range (as per Erratum 3253) */
> -	if (scid < L2CAP_CID_DYN_START || scid > L2CAP_CID_DYN_END) {
> +	if (scid < L2CAP_CID_DYN_START) {
> 		result = L2CAP_CR_INVALID_SCID;
> 		goto response;
> 	}

so I realize that this might be a pointless check, but I rather keep it. It
really doesn’t do any harm.

Regards

Marcel