Re: [PATCH] vgaswitcheroo: Fix error checking in vga_switcheroo_register_audio_client()

From: Jani Nikula
Date: Wed Feb 19 2025 - 10:21:42 EST


On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The "id" variable is an enum and in this context it's treated as an
> unsigned int so the error handling can never trigger.

When would that be true with GCC?

BR,
Jani.

> The
> ->get_client_id() functions do not currently return any errors but
> I imagine that if they did, then the intention was to return
> VGA_SWITCHEROO_UNKNOWN_ID on error. Let's check for both negatives
> and UNKNOWN_ID so we'll catch it either way.
>
> Reported-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231026021056.850680-1-suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 4aaf448fa975 ("vga_switcheroo: set audio client id according to bound GPU id")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c b/drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c
> index 18f2c92beff8..216fb208eb31 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/vga/vga_switcheroo.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int vga_switcheroo_register_audio_client(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> mutex_lock(&vgasr_mutex);
> if (vgasr_priv.active) {
> id = vgasr_priv.handler->get_client_id(vga_dev);
> - if (id < 0) {
> + if ((int)id < 0 || id == VGA_SWITCHEROO_UNKNOWN_ID) {
> mutex_unlock(&vgasr_mutex);
> return -EINVAL;
> }

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Jani Nikula, Intel