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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries/hvcserver: don't memset pi_buff if it is null
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On 12/10/15 01:35, Daniel Axtens wrote:
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> This looks good. Out of curiousity, how did you find it? Code
> inspection? Bug? Static analysis?

static analysis with cppcheck. I forgot to mention that in the commit
message.

>
> Not that it's particularly meaningful for such a trivial fix, but FWIW
:
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> writes:
>
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>
>> pi_buff is being memset before it is sanity checked. Move the
>> memset after the null pi_buff sanity check to avoid an oops.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvcserver.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvcserver.c b/arch/powerp
c/platforms/pseries/hvcserver.c
>> index eedb645..94a6e56 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvcserver.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvcserver.c
>> @@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ int hvcs_get_partner_info(uint32_t unit_address
, struct list_head *head,
>> int more = 1;
>> int retval;
>>
>> - memset(pi_buff, 0x00, PAGE_SIZE);
>> /* invalid parameters */
>> if (!head || !pi_buff)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> + memset(pi_buff, 0x00, PAGE_SIZE);
>> last_p_partition_ID = last_p_unit_address = ~0UL;
>> INIT_LIST_HEAD(head);
>>
>> --
>> 2.5.0
>>
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