Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: pm80xx: Fix potential infinite loop

From: Jinpu Wang
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 01:21:21 EST


On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:18 PM Martin K. Petersen
<martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi Colin!
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> > The for-loop iterates with a u8 loop counter i and compares this with
> > the loop upper limit of pm8001_ha->max_q_num which is a u32 type.
> > There is a potential infinite loop if pm8001_ha->max_q_num is larger
> > than the u8 loop counter. Fix this by making the loop counter the same
> > type as pm8001_ha->max_q_num.
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> No particular objections to the patch for future-proofing. However, as
> far as I can tell max_q_num is capped at 64 (PM8001_MAX_MSIX_VEC).
Exactly.
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> Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering