Re: [PATCH v2] serial: vt8500_serial: Fix a parameter of find_first_zero_bit.

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Aug 24 2016 - 03:22:14 EST


On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 7:06:58 AM CEST Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> The 2nd parameter of 'find_first_zero_bit' is the number of bits to search.
> In this case, we are passing 'sizeof(vt8500_ports_in_use)'.
> 'vt8500_ports_in_use' is an 'unsigned long'. So the sizeof is likely to
> return 4 on a 32 bits kernel.
>
> A few lines below, we check if it is below VT8500_MAX_PORTS, which is 6.
>
> It is likely that the number of bits in a long was expected here.
>
> In order to fix it:
> - use DECLARE_BITMAP when declaring the vt8500_ports_in_use
> - use VT8500_MAX_PORTS as a maximum value when checking/setting bits in
> this bitmap
> - modify code now that 'vt8500_ports_in_use' has become a pointer
> because of the use of DECLARE_BITMAP
>
>
> It has been spotted by the following coccinelle script:
> @@
> expression ret, x;
>
> @@
> * ret = \(find_first_bit \| find_first_zero_bit\) (x, sizeof(...));
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: - use of VT8500_MAX_PORTS instead of BITS_PER_LONG to better self
> document the code
> - declare vt8500_ports_in_use with DECLARE_BITMAP in order to self
> document even better and to be foolproof should VT8500_MAX_PORTS
> be changed one day

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>