* [PATCH] synclink_gt fix size of register value storage
@ 2006-01-17 16:35 Paul Fulghum
2006-01-18 12:03 ` Jiri Slaby
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Paul Fulghum @ 2006-01-17 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List
Fix incorrect variable size used to hold
register value. This bug might wipe out a portion of the
TCR value when setting the interface options.
Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
--- linux-2.6.16-rc1/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c 2006-01-17 09:31:20.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mg/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c 2006-01-17 10:22:48.000000000 -0600
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static int get_interface(struct slgt_inf
static int set_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int if_mode)
{
unsigned long flags;
- unsigned char val;
+ unsigned short val;
DBGINFO(("%s set_interface=%x)\n", info->device_name, if_mode));
spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock,flags);
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2006-01-17 16:35 [PATCH] synclink_gt fix size of register value storage Paul Fulghum
@ 2006-01-18 12:03 ` Jiri Slaby
2006-01-18 15:28 ` Paul Fulghum
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Slaby @ 2006-01-18 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul Fulghum; +Cc: Andrew Morton, Linux Kernel Mailing List
Paul Fulghum wrote:
> Fix incorrect variable size used to hold
> register value. This bug might wipe out a portion of the
> TCR value when setting the interface options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
>
>
> --- linux-2.6.16-rc1/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c 2006-01-17 09:31:20.000000000 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6.16-rc1-mg/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c 2006-01-17 10:22:48.000000000 -0600
> @@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static int get_interface(struct slgt_inf
> static int set_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int if_mode)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> - unsigned char val;
> + unsigned short val;
Shouldn't be this u16 rather than ushort?
regards,
--
Jiri Slaby www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby
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2006-01-18 12:03 ` Jiri Slaby
@ 2006-01-18 15:28 ` Paul Fulghum
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Paul Fulghum @ 2006-01-18 15:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiri Slaby; +Cc: Andrew Morton, Linux Kernel Mailing List
Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>- unsigned char val;
>>+ unsigned short val;
>
> Shouldn't be this u16 rather than ushort?
It could be argued that way.
A quick search of CodingStyle does not
reference the uXX types.
unsigned short is guaranteed to be
at least 16 bits, so no data is lost.
The value is written to the register using
writew(), so no more than 16 bits are used.
Using unsigned short here will always work.
Do you know of a Linux environment where
unsigned short is not 16 bits?
--
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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