netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ax88179: add proper error handling of usb read errors

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Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:11:14 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     David Kahurani <k.kahurani@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzbot+d3dbdf31fbe9d8f5f311@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        USB <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ax88179: add proper error handling of usb read errors

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 3:05 AM Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com> wrote:
> On 4/4/22 18:10, David Kahurani wrote:
> > Reads that are lesser than the requested size lead to uninit-value bugs. Qualify
> > such reads as errors and handle them correctly.

> I'd personally cut this log a bit and would add this part of the initial
> report
>
> Local variable eeprom.i created at:
>   ax88179_check_eeprom drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:1045 [inline]
>   ax88179_led_setting+0x2e2/0x30b0 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:1168
>   ax88179_bind+0xe75/0x1990 drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c:1411
>
> Since it shows exactly where problem comes from.
>
> I do not insist, just IMO

I insist though. It will reduce the resource consumption (i.e. storage
and network load on cloning / pulling) a lot (taking into account
multiplier of how many Linux kernel source copies are around the
globe) and hence become more environmentally friendly.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko