Re: [PATCH] nvme-tcp: fix signedness bug in nvme_tcp_init_connection()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 09:28:25 EST


On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 12:39:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> index 8a9131c95a3d..361b04ec5b5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
> @@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ static int nvme_tcp_init_connection(struct nvme_tcp_queue *queue)
> msg.msg_flags = MSG_WAITALL;
> ret = kernel_recvmsg(queue->sock, &msg, &iov, 1,
> iov.iov_len, msg.msg_flags);
> - if (ret < sizeof(*icresp)) {
> + if (ret < (int)sizeof(*icresp)) {
> pr_warn("queue %d: failed to receive icresp, error %d\n",
> nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue), ret);
> if (ret >= 0)

I hate these magic casts. What about something like:

if (ret >= 0 && ret < sizeof(*icresp))
ret = -ECONNRESET;
if (ret < 0) {
...