Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: pm80xx: Fix potential infinite loop

[Johannes Thumshirn]

On 07/04/2021 15:58, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The for-loop iterates with a u8 loop counter i and compares this
> with the loop upper limit of pm8001_ha->max_q_num which is a u32
> type.  There is a potential infinite loop if pm8001_ha->max_q_num
> is larger than the u8 loop counter. Fix this by making the loop
> counter the same type as pm8001_ha->max_q_num.

Heh, coincidentally I've read your blog post on this issue today.

> Addresses-Coverity: ("Infinite loop")
> Fixes: 65df7d1986a1 ("scsi: pm80xx: Fix chip initialization failure")

AFAICS this still is in Martin's tree and not yet in Linus' tree. 

Anyways, looks good.
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx>