Re: [PATCH v2] efi: fix handling error value in fdt_find_uefi_params

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Mon Sep 05 2016 - 06:27:34 EST


On Tue, 30 Aug, at 12:41:37PM, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> of_get_flat_dt_subnode_by_name can return negative value in case of error.
> Assigning the result to unsigned variable and checking if the variable
> is lesser than zero is incorrect and always false.
> The patch fixes it by using signed variable to check the result.
>
> The problem has been detected using semantic patch
> scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> index 5a2631a..7dd2e2d 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> @@ -657,9 +657,12 @@ static int __init fdt_find_uefi_params(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
> }
>
> if (subnode) {
> - node = of_get_flat_dt_subnode_by_name(node, subnode);
> - if (node < 0)
> + int err = of_get_flat_dt_subnode_by_name(node, subnode);
> +
> + if (err < 0)
> return 0;
> +
> + node = err;
> }
>
> return __find_uefi_params(node, info, dt_params[i].params);

Thanks Andrzej, applied.