Re: [PATCH] stm class: correct masterID range in setting via sysfs

[Alexander Shishkin]

Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The type of masterID is defined as 'unsigned int', theoretically one
> can set masterID with a number larger than 'INT_MAX' as long as
> 'stm_data::sw_end' is larger than 'INT_MAX'.
>
> Also, 'stm_data::start' and 'stm_data::end' is initialized in respective
> drivers which should be able to use any value less than 'UINT_MAX' for
> their masterIDs, of course including those values larger than 'INT_MAX',
> but the current policy is wrongly assuming that masterIDs would not be
> larger than 'INT_MAX'.  This patch just corrected that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> index 1db1896..ce3edfd 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ stp_policy_node_masters_store(struct config_item *item, const char *page,
>  		goto unlock;
>  
>  	/* must be within [sw_start..sw_end], which is an inclusive range */
> -	if (first > INT_MAX || last > INT_MAX || first > last ||
> +	if (first > UINT_MAX || last > UINT_MAX || first > last ||

Of course, I wasn't paying attention, testing an unsigned integer for
being greater than UINT_MAX doesn't really make sense.

Regards,
--
Alex