netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] i40e: fix PTP pins verification

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Message-ID: <ZFQaj27FwEfXM3me@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 13:50:23 -0700
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To: "Staikov, Andrii" <andrii.staikov@...el.com>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	"Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Mekala, SunithaX D" <sunithax.d.mekala@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] i40e: fix PTP pins verification

On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 11:12:07AM +0000, Staikov, Andrii wrote:

> Actually, the provided code snippet 
> if (pin_index >= ops->n_pins) {
>                 err = -EINVAL;
>                 break;
> }
> shows that the check happens only to the number of pins, but not their value.

The pin function from the user is checked in ptp_set_pinfunc();

> The list of the possible values is defined in the i40e_ptp_gpio_pin_state enum:
> enum i40e_ptp_gpio_pin_state {
>                 end = -2,
>                 invalid,
>                 off,
>                 in_A,
>                 in_B,
>                 out_A,
>                 out_B,
> };

Those are not passed by the user.

Thanks,
Richard