Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] ARM: davinci: don't use broken ntosd2_init_i2c

From: Sekhar Nori
Date: Thu Aug 09 2012 - 14:24:40 EST


Hi Arnd,

On 8/9/2012 1:30 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On second thought, there is probably no use in keeping the broken function
> around, and we can just kill it off. If someone wants to add an i2c
> device to the bus, they can always add the init code back as well.
>
> 8<-----
> Subject: ARM: davinci: don't use broken ntosd2_init_i2c
>
> ntosd2_init_i2c walks the ntosd2_i2c_info array, which it expects to
> be populated with at least one member. gcc correctly warns about
> the out-of-bounds access here.
>
> Since this can not possibly work, it's better to disable i2c
> support entirely on this board.
>
> Without this patch, building davinci_all_defconfig results in:
>
> arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c: In function 'davinci_ntosd2_init':
> arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c:187:20: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrey Porodko <panda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@xxxxxx>

Thanks,
Sekhar
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