Fwd: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 05:02:27PM -0600, Chris Morgan wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 04:09:27PM -0600, Tom Rini wrote:
> > Latest Coverity Scan report, now that it's back up and so a little out
> > of sync with the usual schedule.
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: <scan-admin at coverity.com>
> > Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
> > Subject: New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for Das U-Boot
> > To: <tom.rini at gmail.com>
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to *Das U-Boot*
> > found with Coverity Scan.
> > 
> >    - *New Defects Found:* 1
> >    - 2 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in
> >    the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.
> >    - *Defects Shown:* Showing 1 of 1 defect(s)
> > 
> > Defect Details
> > 
> > ** CID 328330:       Integer handling issues  (NO_EFFECT)
> > /drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c: 106           in dwc3_core_soft_reset()
> > 
> > 
> > _____________________________________________________________________________________________
> > *** CID 328330:         Integer handling issues  (NO_EFFECT)
> > /drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c: 106             in dwc3_core_soft_reset()
> > 100     done:
> > 101     	/*
> > 102     	 * For DWC_usb31 controller 1.80a and prior, once DCTL.CSFRST bit
> > 103     	 * is cleared, we must wait at least 50ms before accessing the PHY
> > 104     	 * domain (synchronization delay).
> > 105     	 */
> > >>>     CID 328330:         Integer handling issues  (NO_EFFECT)
> > >>>     This greater-than-or-equal-to-zero comparison of an unsigned value is always true. "dwc->revision >= 0U".
> > 106     	if (DWC3_VER_IS_WITHIN(DWC31, ANY, 180A))
> > 107     		mdelay(50);
> > 108
> > 109     	return 0;
> > 110     }
> > 111
> > 
> > 
> > View Defects in Coverity Scan
> > <https://scan.coverity.com/projects/das-u-boot?tab=overview>
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > The Coverity Scan Admin Team
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom
> 
> I'm not *entirely* sure what to do to fix this issue, but it looks
> like maybe the issue is that all we're trying to do here is make sure
> that the version is DWC31_REVISION_180A or earlier, and this is done in
> mainline by checking between revisions _ANY and revisions _180A
> (instead of creating a new macro). Since the DWC31_REVISION_ANY is set
> as 0 this means that condition will always evaluate as true. In this
> case though that's fine, because all we really care about is if the
> second condition of the macro is true (whether or not we are equal to
> or less than revision _180A).
> 
> I copied this stuff directly out of the mainline Linux driver so as to
> maintain some semblance of parity (and because I needed the stuff that
> used this specific macro for gadget mode), however it looks like to stop
> this Coverity error I need to create a new macro, possibly a
> DWC3_VER_IS_AFTER() macro. Or is it simply fine to say that I
> acknowledge the issue, but given the context don't think it's an issue
> if the comparison to zero always returns true because it's just a reused
> macro with two conditions and we only care about the second condition?

So, looking at the Coverity Scan dashboard for the kernel, there's just
nothing on drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c (at all, even closed), which I think
is odd, but I also think I've updated the filter correctly. I'll put
your comments in the dashboard here for the issue and mark as
intentional, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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