Re: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: slave-eeprom: add eeprom simulator driver

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Sun Nov 23 2014 - 13:52:12 EST


Hallo Wolfram,

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 07:14:06PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > > > + case I2C_SLAVE_REQ_READ_END:
> > > > + eeprom->buffer_idx++;
> > > You don't check here for buffer_idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(buffer)?
> > > Ditto in the I2C_SLAVE_REQ_WRITE_END case.
> > I just noticed that buffer_idx is an u8, so it overflows at 255+1. So
> > the probe routine should error out if size is bigger than 256.
>
> But size is currently fixed to 256, so all is fine. Yes, if we extend it
> for bigger sizes, all that stuff needs to be taken care of, right.
yeah, it's well hidden, but true. So IMHO worth a comment.

Best regards
Uwe

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