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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, abrahamadekunle50@gmail.com,
	dan.carpenter@linaro.org, milospuric856@gmail.com,
	zxcv2569763104@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix unchecked return value of skb_copy_bits
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:43:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aW-GlpEkWUYNZsg1@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120132241.2119454-1-s9430939@naver.com>

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:22:41PM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> The function _rtw_pktfile_read() incorrectly updated the file pointer
> even when skb_copy_bits() failed.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by:
> 
>     1. Propagating the negative error code from skb_copy_bits() if it fails,
>        preventing internal pointer updates.
> 
>     2. Updating all callers to check the return value and handle errors
>        appropriately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
> ---

Ick, and what has been changed? Where is the changelog?

...

>  	struct qos_priv *pqospriv = &pmlmepriv->qospriv;
>  	signed int res = _SUCCESS;

>  
> +	signed int ret;

No way. This should be attached to the definition block, id est no blank lines
should be in between.

> s32 rtw_xmitframe_coalesce(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *pkt, struct

>  	s32 bmcst = is_multicast_ether_addr(pattrib->ra);
>  	s32 res = _SUCCESS;
>  
> +	signed int ret;

Ditto.

...

>  extern uint rtw_remainder_len(struct pkt_file *pfile);
>  extern void _rtw_open_pktfile(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct pkt_file *pfile);
> -extern uint _rtw_pktfile_read(struct pkt_file *pfile, u8 *rmem, uint rlen);
> +extern int _rtw_pktfile_read(struct pkt_file *pfile, u8 *rmem, uint rlen);

Drop 'extern' at the same time. Or even better, submit a followup patch to drop
all of them at once.

...

Also you can submit the patches to convert types:

uint --> unsigned int

signed int --> int // this one is optional, signed int longer, but still well
		   // known standard.  etc...

...

> -uint _rtw_pktfile_read(struct pkt_file *pfile, u8 *rmem, uint rlen)
> +int _rtw_pktfile_read(struct pkt_file *pfile, u8 *rmem, uint rlen)
>  {
> -	uint	len = 0;
> +	int ret;
> +	int len = 0;

Reversed xmas tree ordering?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-20 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-20 13:22 [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: fix unchecked return value of skb_copy_bits Minu Jin
2026-01-20 13:43 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-01-20 13:59 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-01-20 14:03   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-20 14:28     ` Dan Carpenter
2026-01-20 14:57       ` Greg KH
2026-01-20 14:03 ` Greg KH

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