Re: [PATCH] DVB: negative internal->sub_range won't get noticed

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:35:47 +0100 Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> wrote:

> internal->sub_range is unsigned, a negative won't get noticed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_algo.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_algo.c
> index 83dc7e1..2ea32da 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_algo.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_algo.c
> @@ -464,13 +464,14 @@ static void next_sub_range(struct stb0899_state *state)
>  
>  	if (internal->sub_dir > 0) {
>  		old_sub_range = internal->sub_range;
> -		internal->sub_range = MIN((internal->srch_range / 2) -
> +		if (internal->tuner_offst + internal->sub_range / 2 >=
> +				internal->srch_range / 2)
> +			internal->sub_range = 0;
> +		else
> +			internal->sub_range = MIN((internal->srch_range / 2) -
>  					  (internal->tuner_offst + internal->sub_range / 2),
>  					   internal->sub_range);
>  
> -		if (internal->sub_range < 0)
> -			internal->sub_range = 0;
> -
>  		internal->tuner_offst += (old_sub_range + internal->sub_range) / 2;
>  	}

I hope someone understands that function :(

Do we actually need that test at all?  Perhaps it has never triggered? 
Perhaps values in the 0x80000000 - 0xffffffff are actually OK?

This driver has managed to get itself a secret private version of the
min(), max() and abs() macros.  They're buggy - they reference their
argument multiple times.  The driver should be converted to use the
kernel.h versions.