Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: s3c64xx: fix potential division by zero

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Feb 07 2017 - 15:49:35 EST


On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 05:10:25PM +0900, Andi Shyti wrote:
> Even though it's quite unlikely to happen in this particular
> case, clk_get_rate can return '0' if sdd->src_clk is not set
> properly. In that case we would have a clear division by '0'.
>

I do not think it is possible.
if (IS_ERR(sdd->src_clk)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(sdd->src_clk);
goto err_deref_master;
}

> Check the return value of clk_get_rate and fail in case it
> returns '0'.
>
> This patch fixes '1397922 Division or modulo by zero' from
> scan.coverity.com

It is a false positive.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
> index f6ea9ae047ec..a2ec07f44e33 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-s3c64xx.c
> @@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ static int s3c64xx_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
>
> /* Max possible */
> speed = clk_get_rate(sdd->src_clk) / 2 / (0 + 1);
> + if (!speed)
> + goto setup_exit;
>
> if (spi->max_speed_hz > speed)
> spi->max_speed_hz = speed;
> --
> 2.11.0
>