Potential bug in queue_count_set

[minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com (Minwoo Im)]

On 4/10/19 10:33 PM, Maximilian Luz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just stumbled (more or less randomly) over this piece of code
> (/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c, v5.1-rc4):
> 
> 147: static int queue_count_set(const char *val, const struct 
> kernel_param *kp)
> 148: {
> 149:???? int n = 0, ret;
> 150:
> 151:???? ret = kstrtoint(val, 10, &n);
> 152:???? if (ret)
> 153:???????? return ret;
> 154:???? if (n > num_possible_cpus())
> 155:???????? n = num_possible_cpus();
> 156:
> 157:???? return param_set_int(val, kp);
> 158: }
> 
> Link with context: 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v5.1-rc4/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c#L154-L155 
> 
> 
> It looks like lines 154, 155 don't achieve anything as `n` is not being
> used afterwards. Sorry if this is already known or a non-issue, just
> wanted to let you guys know.
> 

It looks like module parameter "write_queues" is set to the actual given
value (val) without considering reduced number of queues in case given
value is greater than nr_cpus.

I think that might need sprintf() or something like this to make the
actual value reduced in that case.

> Maximilian
> 
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