Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] staging: panel: fix sparse warnings in lcd_write

From: Bastien Armand
Date: Wed Apr 23 2014 - 13:35:25 EST


On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 01:01:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Out of curiosity, have you tested this patch?
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 06:10:57PM +0200, Bastien Armand wrote:
> > This patch fixes two sparse warnings related to lcd_write :
> > warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > warning: incorrect type in initializer (incompatible argument 2
> > (different address spaces))
> >
> > lcd_write can be used from kernel space (in panel_lcd_print) or from user
> > space. So we introduce the lcd_write_char function that will write a char to
> > the device. We modify lcd_write and panel_lcd_print to use it. Finally we add
> > __user annotation missing in lcd_write.
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bastien Armand <armand.bastien@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/panel/panel.c | 205 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > index 1569e26..dc34254 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> > @@ -1217,111 +1217,113 @@ static inline int handle_lcd_special_code(void)
> > return processed;
> > }
> > ...
>
> This is buggy. You are getting the first character over and over. You
> should be doing:
>
> if (get_user(c, tmp))
> return -EFAULT;
>
Hi,

You're totally right. I am sorry to have missed that... As the patch has
been accepted in linux-next. I will send a correction right away.

> Btw, this whole function is terrible. It should be reading larger
> chunks at once instead of get_user() for each character.
>
>

The aim of my patch was basically to add __user annotation. I tried to
keep the change minimal to lessen the risk of regression (it seems I have
failed here...). Perhaps, I can write an other patch to change that.

> > ...
> > static void panel_lcd_print(const char *s)
> > {
> > - if (lcd_enabled && lcd_initialized)
> > - lcd_write(NULL, s, strlen(s), NULL);
> > + const char *tmp = s;
> > + int count = strlen(s);
> > +
> > + if (lcd_enabled && lcd_initialized) {
> > + for (; count-- > 0; tmp++) {
> > + if (!in_interrupt() && (((count + 1) & 0x1f) == 0))
> > + /* let's be a little nice with other processes
> > + that need some CPU */
> > + schedule();
>
> This schedule() isn't needed. It just prints a line or two at start up
> and some other debug output or something. Small small.
>

I hesitated to remove it. I leave it here as it was allready in lcd_write.
Perhaps, I could send another patch to remove it.

> regards,
> dan carpenter
>

Thanks for your review. It was really appreciated.

Regards,
bastien armand

> > +
> > + lcd_write_char(*tmp);
> > + }
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > /* initialize the LCD driver */
> > --
> > 1.7.10.4
> >
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