Re: [PATCH v2] memory: brcmstb_dpfe: fix array index out of bounds

[Markus Mayer <mmayer@broadcom.com>]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 04:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:52:21AM -0700, Markus Mayer wrote:
> > We would overrun the error_text array if we hit a TIMEOUT condition,
> > because we were using the error code "ETIMEDOUT" (which is 110) as an
> > array index.
> >
> > We fix the problem by correcting the array index and by providing a
> > function to retrieve error messages rather than accessing the array
> > directly. The function includes a bounds check that prevents the array
> > from being overrun.
> >
> > This patch was prepared in response to
> >     https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/18/505.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <mmayer@broadcom.com>
>
> Your Signed-off-by does not match From field. Please run
> scripts/checkpatch on every patch you send.
>
> I fixed it up, assuming markus.mayer@broadcom.com is the valid email
> address.

No. I have always been using mmayer@broadcom.com since it is shorter.
That's also what's in the MAINTAINERS file. Please change it back. I
accidentally used the long form for one of my e-mail replies which is
where the confusion must have originated.

> > Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> >     - Added link of the coverity report to the commit message.
> >     - Added Florian's ack.
> >     - Removed second "const" from get_error_text() return type
>
> Florian was so kind to provide you with necessary tags - Fixes and
> Reported-by. Always include them on resubmit of patches.

I missed those. Thanks for catching it.

Regards,
-Markus



> Thanks, applied.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>