linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v4 20/21] firmware: qcom_scm: Refactor code to support multiple download mode

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Date:   Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:28:05 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Pavan Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@...cinc.com>
Cc:     Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>, corbet@....net,
        agross@...nel.org, andersson@...nel.org, konrad.dybcio@...aro.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,
        conor+dt@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
        gpiccoli@...lia.com, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com, will@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 20/21] firmware: qcom_scm: Refactor code to support
 multiple download mode

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 8:25 AM Pavan Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@...cinc.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 06:04:47PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:

...

> > +static int set_download_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> > +{
> > +     u32 old = download_mode;
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     ret = sysfs_match_string(download_mode_name, val);
> > +     if (ret < 0) {

> > +             download_mode = old;

Why is this old variable needed at all?

> > +             pr_err("qcom_scm: unknown download mode: %s\n", val);
> > +             return -EINVAL;
> > +     }
>
> minor nit: %s/-EINVAL/ret
>
> > +     download_mode = ret;
> > +     if (__scm)
> > +             qcom_scm_set_download_mode(download_mode);
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko