[PATCH] Return error code for failure input for sscanf in parse_cblock_range()

From: Dipendra Khadka
Date: Sun Sep 22 2024 - 12:47:21 EST


Smatch reported following:
'''
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c:3204 parse_cblock_range() warn: sscanf doesn't return error codes
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c:3217 parse_cblock_range() warn: sscanf doesn't return error codes
'''

Since, the only negative value that is returned by sscanf is -1.
Returning -ENVAL when sscanf returns -1.

Signed-off-by: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 17f0fab1e254..c35d65e310d6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -3200,8 +3200,8 @@ static int parse_cblock_range(struct cache *cache, const char *str,
* Try and parse form (ii) first.
*/
r = sscanf(str, "%llu-%llu%c", &b, &e, &dummy);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
+ if (r == -1)
+ return -EINVAL;

if (r == 2) {
result->begin = to_cblock(b);
@@ -3213,8 +3213,8 @@ static int parse_cblock_range(struct cache *cache, const char *str,
* That didn't work, try form (i).
*/
r = sscanf(str, "%llu%c", &b, &dummy);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
+ if (r == -1)
+ return -EINVAL;

if (r == 1) {
result->begin = to_cblock(b);
--
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