From: Abraham Samuel Adekunle <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com>
To: outreachy@lists.linux.dev, julia.lawall@inria.fr
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, david.laight.linux@gmail.com,
dan.carpenter@linaro.org, andy@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Replace `& 0xfff` with `% 4096u`
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:48:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z/bA4tMF5uKLe55p@ubuntu> (raw)
The sequence number is constrained to a range of [0, 4095], which
is a total of 4096 values. The bitmask operation using `& 0xfff` is
used to perform this wrap-around. While this is functionally correct,
it obscures the intended semantic of a 4096-based wrap.
Using a modulo operation `% 4096u` makes the wrap-around logic
explicit and easier to understand. It clearly signals that the
sequence number cycles through a range of 4096 values.
It also makes the code robust against potential changes of the 4096
upper limit, especially when it becomes a non power-of-2 value while
the AND(&) works solely for power-of-2 values.
The use of `% 4096u` also guarantees that the modulo operation is
performed with unsigned arithmetic, preventing potential issues with
the signed types.
Found by Coccinelle.
Suggested by Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Abraham Samuel Adekunle <abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com>
---
Coccinelle semantic patch used to find cases:
@@
expression e;
@@
* e & 0xfff
To ensure this change does not affect the functional
behaviour, I compared the generated object files before and
after the change using the `cmp` which compares the two
object files byte by byte as shown below:
$ make drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.o
$ cmp rtw_xmit_before.o rtw_xmit_after.o
No differences were found in the output, confirming that the
change does not alter the compiled output.
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 2 +-
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 952ce6dd5af9..f712ea0cabee 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -3511,7 +3511,7 @@ void issue_action_BA(struct adapter *padapter, unsigned char *raddr, unsigned ch
/* if ((psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, pmlmeinfo->network.mac_address)) != NULL) */
psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, raddr);
if (psta) {
- start_seq = (psta->sta_xmitpriv.txseq_tid[status & 0x07]&0xfff) + 1;
+ start_seq = (psta->sta_xmitpriv.txseq_tid[status & 0x07] % 4096u) + 1;
psta->BA_starting_seqctrl[status & 0x07] = start_seq;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
index a389ba5ecc6f..25411cc5c738 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ static int check_indicate_seq(struct recv_reorder_ctrl *preorder_ctrl, u16 seq_n
struct dvobj_priv *psdpriv = padapter->dvobj;
struct debug_priv *pdbgpriv = &psdpriv->drv_dbg;
u8 wsize = preorder_ctrl->wsize_b;
- u16 wend = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + wsize - 1) & 0xFFF;/* 4096; */
+ u16 wend = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + wsize - 1) % 4096u;
/* Rx Reorder initialize condition. */
if (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq == 0xFFFF)
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ static int check_indicate_seq(struct recv_reorder_ctrl *preorder_ctrl, u16 seq_n
/* 2. Incoming SeqNum is larger than the WinEnd => Window shift N */
/* */
if (SN_EQUAL(seq_num, preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq)) {
- preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + 1) & 0xFFF;
+ preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + 1) % 4096u;
} else if (SN_LESS(wend, seq_num)) {
/* boundary situation, when seq_num cross 0xFFF */
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ static int recv_indicatepkts_in_order(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_reor
list_del_init(&(prframe->u.hdr.list));
if (SN_EQUAL(preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq, pattrib->seq_num))
- preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + 1) & 0xFFF;
+ preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq = (preorder_ctrl->indicate_seq + 1) % 4096u;
/* Set this as a lock to make sure that only one thread is indicating packet. */
/* pTS->RxIndicateState = RXTS_INDICATE_PROCESSING; */
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-04-09 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-09 18:48 Abraham Samuel Adekunle [this message]
2025-04-10 17:43 ` [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Replace `& 0xfff` with `% 4096u` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-11 7:43 ` Samuel Abraham
2025-04-11 10:37 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-04-11 12:47 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-12 14:19 ` Dan Carpenter
2025-04-12 17:52 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-14 7:21 ` Greg KH
2025-04-14 7:38 ` Samuel Abraham
2025-04-14 9:00 ` Greg KH
2025-04-14 9:17 ` Samuel Abraham
2025-04-17 16:33 ` Samuel Abraham
2025-04-17 16:56 ` Greg KH
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