From: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: arnd@arndb.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net,
Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/7] char: xillybus: Avoid possible bandwidth inefficiency
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:34:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805093436.59740-4-eli.billauer@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805093436.59740-1-eli.billauer@gmail.com>
The host flow controls the payload data flow from the FPGA by sending
OPCODE_SET_CHECKPOINT messages. Fix the condition for sending such a
message, to correctly handle the case where leap < 0.
The previous expression leap > (fifo->size >> 3) was not intended to
evaluate true when leap is negative. However, due to C's integer
promotion rules, leap (of s32 type) is promoted to unsigned int when
compared with the unsigned fifo->size >> 3 expression. As a result,
negative leap values are interpreted as large positive numbers, causing
the condition to evaluate true unintentionally.
Consequently, the device receives correctly formed checkpoint messages
that encourage it to send data, but too frequently. This may cause the
device to send short data chunks, wasting USB bandwidth.
Assisted-by: Deepseek:v4-pro Kimi:K2.6 ChatGPT:GPT-5.5 Claude:Sonnet-4.6
Signed-off-by: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>
---
Notes:
Changelog:
=========
No change on v3->v4.
Changes v2->v3:
-- Add Assisted-by tag to description
No change on v1->v2.
drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
index ee819e2e3f82..ef5b1816b277 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
@@ -1512,8 +1512,8 @@ static ssize_t xillyusb_read(struct file *filp, char __user *userbuf,
*/
if (chan->read_data_ok &&
- (leap > (fifo->size >> 3) ||
- (checkpoint_for_complete && leap > 0))) {
+ (leap > 0 && (leap > (fifo->size >> 3) ||
+ checkpoint_for_complete))) {
chan->in_current_checkpoint = checkpoint;
rc = xillyusb_send_opcode(xdev, chan_num,
OPCODE_SET_CHECKPOINT,
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 9:34 [PATCH v4 0/7] char: xillybus: Harden driver and improve code quality Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] char: xillybus: Improve control of execution flow with mutexes Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] char: xillybus: Remove duplicate error path code Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` Eli Billauer [this message]
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] char: xillybus: Use unsigned arithmetic for jiffies differences Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] char: xillybus: Integer arithmetic improvements Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] char: xillybus: Add defensive sanity checks Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] char: xillybus: Ignore and report unsolicited interrupts Eli Billauer
2026-08-05 11:03 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] char: xillybus: Harden driver and improve code quality Eli Billauer
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