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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:08:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@nxp.com>
Cc:     jirislaby@kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-imx@nxp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix the potential bug of
 division or modulo by zero
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 03:49:34PM +0800, Sherry Sun wrote:
> This issue is reported by Coverity Check.
> In lpuart32_console_get_options, division or modulo by zero may results
> in undefined behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
> index 794035041744..777d54b593f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
> @@ -2414,6 +2414,9 @@ lpuart32_console_get_options(struct lpuart_port *sport, int *baud,
>  
>  	bd = lpuart32_read(&sport->port, UARTBAUD);
>  	bd &= UARTBAUD_SBR_MASK;
> +	if (!bd)
> +		return;

How can this ever happen?

Not to say this is a bad check, but it feels like this can't really
happen in real life, what code patch could create this result?

And have you tested this on real hardware?

thanks,

greg k-h