Re: [PATCH] i2c: imx-lpi2c: fix type char overflow issue when calculating the clock cycle

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Thu Jun 01 2023 - 09:33:08 EST


On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 08:50:36PM +0200, Andi Shyti wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 04:02:51PM +0800, carlos.song@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Claim clkhi and clklo as integer type to avoid possible calculation
> > errors caused by data overflow.
> >
> > Fixes: a55fa9d0e42e ("i2c: imx-lpi2c: add low power i2c bus driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Carlos Song <carlos.song@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c
> > index 40a4420d4c12..7dd33564cbe1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx-lpi2c.c
> > @@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ static void lpi2c_imx_stop(struct lpi2c_imx_struct *lpi2c_imx)
> > /* CLKLO = I2C_CLK_RATIO * CLKHI, SETHOLD = CLKHI, DATAVD = CLKHI/2 */
> > static int lpi2c_imx_config(struct lpi2c_imx_struct *lpi2c_imx)
> > {
> > - u8 prescale, filt, sethold, clkhi, clklo, datavd;
> > - unsigned int clk_rate, clk_cycle;
> > + u8 prescale, filt, sethold, datavd;
> > + unsigned int clk_rate, clk_cycle, clkhi, clklo;
>
> looks OK.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> there is, though, another part I would take care of, this bit:
>
> clklo = clk_cycle - clkhi;
> if (clklo < 64)
> break;
>
> It might be unlikely, but if "clk_cycle > clkhi" then all the
> calculation. Do you mind adding a check:
>
> if (unlikely(clk_cycle > clkhi))
> break;

With clk_cycle being unsigned and clkhi = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk_cycle, 3)
this will be true unless clk_cycle 0 or 1, so I'd say this is quite
likely to trigger?!

I guess you meant something different than you wrote. (And your sentence
no verb.)

Best regards
Uwe

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