Re: [PATCH] usb: host: fix incorrect updating of offset

From: Alan Stern
Date: Tue Nov 07 2017 - 12:40:05 EST


On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The variable temp is incorrectly being updated, instead it should
> be offset otherwise the loop just reads the same capability value
> and loops forever. Thanks to Alan Stern for pointing out the
> correct fix to my original fix. Fix also cleans up clang warning:
>
> drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c:840:4: warning: Value stored to 'temp'
> is never read
>
> Fixes: d49d43174400 ("USB: misc ehci updates")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> index 7fb21d01b3d0..3bd0b2273171 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
> @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static ssize_t fill_registers_buffer(struct debug_buffer *buf)
> default: /* unknown */
> break;
> }
> - temp = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
> + offset = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
> }
> }
> #endif

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>