On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 09:24:46AM +0100, Matthias Schwarzott wrote:
> Am 21.12.18 um 05:54 schrieb Kangjie Lu:
> > si2165_readreg8() may fail. Looking into si2165_readreg8(), we will find
> > that "val_tmp" will be an uninitialized value when regmap_read() fails.
> > "val_tmp" is then assigned to "val". So if si2165_readreg8() fails,
> > "val" will be a random value. Further use will lead to undefined
> > behaviors. The fix checks if si2165_readreg8() fails, and if so, returns
> > its error code upstream.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <k...@umn.edu>
>
> Reviewed-by: Matthias Schwarzott <z...@gentoo.org>
Unless it is tested on the actual hardware we can't apply this. This could
introduce regressions.
Sean
>
> > ---
> > drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c | 8 +++++---
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
> > b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
> > index feacd8da421d..d55d8f169dca 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/si2165.c
> > @@ -275,18 +275,20 @@ static u32 si2165_get_fe_clk(struct si2165_state
> > *state)
> >
> > static int si2165_wait_init_done(struct si2165_state *state)
> > {
> > - int ret = -EINVAL;
> > + int ret;
> > u8 val = 0;
> > int i;
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
> > - si2165_readreg8(state, REG_INIT_DONE, &val);
> > + ret = si2165_readreg8(state, REG_INIT_DONE, &val);
> > + if (ret < 0)
> > + return ret;
> > if (val == 0x01)
> > return 0;
> > usleep_range(1000, 50000);
> > }
> > dev_err(&state->client->dev, "init_done was not set\n");
> > - return ret;
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > }
> >
> > static int si2165_upload_firmware_block(struct si2165_state *state,
> >
