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From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
To: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/11] spi-dw: Force error on out of range chip select.
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:13:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E02BD72.8040007@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin5CFVm6rVM_c6RRranJEor_jPF=Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 06/22/2011 08:51 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:00 PM,<dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> From: Dirk Brandewie<dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
>>
>> BUG_ON() if the selected chip select is out of range.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie<dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/spi/spi-dw.h |    3 +--
>>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
>> index 860bc34..3fa4c13 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
>> @@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ static inline void spi_dw_set_clk(struct spi_dw *dws, u16 div)
>>
>>   static inline void spi_dw_chip_sel(struct spi_dw *dws, u16 cs)
>>   {
>> -       if (cs>  dws->num_cs)
>> -               return;
>> +       BUG_ON(cs>= dws->master->num_chipselect);
>
> BUG is rather an over-reaction.  The transfer should be rejected if
> the cs# is invalid, and a warning message is appropriate, but BUG() is
> too extreme.

This is extreme I agree, the current driver will fail silently if an out of 
range chip select is requested.

We can drop this one for now and I will put a proper check in probe/init so we 
won't get here.



>
> g.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-23  4:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-23  2:00 [PATCH 00/11] RFC spi-dw updates dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00 ` [PATCH 01/11] spi-dw: expose platform data stucture dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  3:47   ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23  4:00     ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  4:03       ` glikely@secretlab.ca
2011-06-23  4:37         ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  5:06           ` glikely@secretlab.ca
2011-06-23  5:16             ` Dirk Brandewie
     [not found] ` <1308794413-11069-1-git-send-email-dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 02/11] spi-dw: update function naming convention to match file naming dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 03/11] spi-dw: change MRST prefix to generic prefix dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 04/11] spi-dw: remove unused definition dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 05/11] spi-dw: split spi_dw_enable_chip() into spi_dw_enable()/spi_dw_disable() dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 06/11] spi-dw: Force error on out of range chip select dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  3:51     ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23  4:13       ` Dirk Brandewie [this message]
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 07/11] spi-dw: Set number of available chip selects correctly dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  3:53     ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 08/11] spi-dw: Ensure fifo lenght is set dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:41     ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  3:01       ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  3:21         ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  3:55     ` Grant Likely
2011-06-23  4:20       ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 09/11] spi-dw: Fix condition in spi_dw_{writer/reader} dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:45     ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  3:09       ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  3:25         ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  3:30           ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  5:09             ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  2:00   ` [PATCH 11/11] spi-dw: remove noop else clause dirk.brandewie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2011-06-23  2:00     ` dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:47     ` Feng Tang
2011-06-23  3:13       ` Dirk Brandewie
2011-06-23  2:00 ` [PATCH 10/11] spi-dw: Move checking of max_speed_hz value to be a prerequisite in spi_dw_setup dirk.brandewie
2011-06-23  2:39 ` [PATCH 00/11] RFC spi-dw updates Feng Tang

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