[PATCH v2] nvmet: use appropriate types for authentication payload lengths

From: Sreeraj S Kurup

Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 04:19:17 EST


The authentication payload length is obtained as a u32 value from the
NVMe command, but nvmet_auth_challenge() and nvmet_auth_success1()
accept it as a signed int.

Use u32 for the payload length parameters in both functions to keep
their types consistent with the value returned by
nvmet_auth_receive_data_len() and avoid an unnecessary conversion
from unsigned to signed.

Also, use size_t for data_size in nvmet_auth_challenge(), since the
calculation includes sizeof(), which returns size_t. This avoids
implicitly narrowing the calculated payload size to int.

These changes make the payload length handling consistent with the
underlying types and avoid potential signedness and narrowing issues.

Signed-off-by: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Update the debug format specifiers in "nvmet_auth_challenge()" to match the
updated parameter types. Use "%u" for the "u32" payload length and "%zu" for
the "size_t" data size to avoid format type mismatches and ensure correct debug output.

drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
index 70136f6c22e8..c90917d26c98 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c
@@ -448,18 +448,18 @@ void nvmet_execute_auth_send(struct nvmet_req *req)
nvmet_req_complete(req, status);
}

-static int nvmet_auth_challenge(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, int al)
+static int nvmet_auth_challenge(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, u32 al)
{
struct nvmf_auth_dhchap_challenge_data *data = d;
struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl = req->sq->ctrl;
int ret = 0;
int hash_len = nvme_auth_hmac_hash_len(ctrl->shash_id);
- int data_size = sizeof(*data) + hash_len;
+ size_t data_size = sizeof(*data) + hash_len;

if (ctrl->dh_tfm)
data_size += ctrl->dh_keysize;
if (al < data_size) {
- pr_debug("%s: buffer too small (al %d need %d)\n", __func__,
+ pr_debug("%s: buffer too small (al %u need %zu)\n", __func__,
al, data_size);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static int nvmet_auth_challenge(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, int al)
return ret;
}

-static int nvmet_auth_success1(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, int al)
+static int nvmet_auth_success1(struct nvmet_req *req, void *d, u32 al)
{
struct nvmf_auth_dhchap_success1_data *data = d;
struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl = req->sq->ctrl;
--
2.55.0