Re: [PATCH] vme: Fix wrong pointer utilization in ca91cx42_slave_get

From: Martyn Welch
Date: Wed Jan 11 2017 - 04:35:33 EST


On 10 January 2017 at 10:45, Augusto Mecking Caringi
<augustocaringi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In ca91cx42_slave_get function, the value pointed by vme_base pointer is
> set through:
>
> *vme_base = ioread32(bridge->base + CA91CX42_VSI_BS[i]);
>
> So it must be dereferenced to be used in calculation of pci_base:
>
> *pci_base = (dma_addr_t)*vme_base + pci_offset;
>
> This bug was caught thanks to the following gcc warning:
>
> drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c: In function âca91cx42_slave_getâ:
> drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c:467:14: warning: cast from pointer to
> integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
> *pci_base = (dma_addr_t)vme_base + pci_offset;
>
> Signed-off-by: Augusto Mecking Caringi <augustocaringi@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-By: Martyn Welch <martyn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c b/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> index 6b5ee89..7cc5122 100644
> --- a/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> +++ b/drivers/vme/bridges/vme_ca91cx42.c
> @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int ca91cx42_slave_get(struct vme_slave_resource *image, int *enabled,
> vme_bound = ioread32(bridge->base + CA91CX42_VSI_BD[i]);
> pci_offset = ioread32(bridge->base + CA91CX42_VSI_TO[i]);
>
> - *pci_base = (dma_addr_t)vme_base + pci_offset;
> + *pci_base = (dma_addr_t)*vme_base + pci_offset;
> *size = (unsigned long long)((vme_bound - *vme_base) + granularity);
>
> *enabled = 0;
> --
> 2.7.4
>