Re: [RFC PATCH] leds: core: Fix LED_COLOR_MAX_ID

From: Dan Murphy
Date: Wed Oct 02 2019 - 14:41:59 EST


Hello

On 10/2/19 1:36 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
On Wed 2019-10-02 11:34:00, Dan Murphy wrote:
The LED_COLOR_MAX_ID is incorrect. THe MAX_ID should
be the last COLOR_ID in the list. If an array was allocate
with MAX_ID the allocation would be correct but the meaning
is wrong.

So for array allocation the code should use LED_NUM_COLOR_IDS
which will allocate MAX_ID + 1. Whent the code needs to validate
that the color ID is not out of bounds then the code should use
LED_COLOR_MAX_ID.
Renaming original define might have been okay. Having two defines is
not. I'd say we can keep it as is...

OK.  It was just not logical that MAX_ID will always be 1 more then the actual MAX_ID.

So every ID boundary check will need to be ">=" as opposed to ">" which means we have to take care in reviews to make sure this is what is intended.

But it was just a RFC so I am not pushing this fix.  It would mean I would have to re-touch the MC framework patches.

Dan



Pavel