Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752265AbaFDOxg (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:53:36 -0400 Received: from g9t1613g.houston.hp.com ([15.240.0.71]:48925 "EHLO g9t1613g.houston.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752039AbaFDOxf (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:53:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 09:51:35 -0500 From: scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com To: Julia Lawall Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/10] cciss: use safer test on the result of find_first_zero_bit Message-ID: <20140604145135.GC6970@beardog.cce.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Find_first_zero_bit considers BITS_PER_LONG bits at a time, and thus may > return a larger number than the maximum position argument if that position > is not a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // > @@ > expression e1,e2,e3; > statement S1,S2; > @@ > > e1 = find_first_zero_bit(e2,e3) > ... > if (e1 > - == > + >= > e3) > S1 else S2 > // > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall > > --- > drivers/block/cciss.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -u -p a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c > --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c > +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c > @@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static CommandList_struct *cmd_alloc(ctl > > do { > i = find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, h->nr_cmds); > - if (i == h->nr_cmds) > + if (i >= h->nr_cmds) > return NULL; > } while (test_and_set_bit(i, h->cmd_pool_bits) != 0); > c = h->cmd_pool + i; Thanks. Ack. You can add Reviewed-by: Stephen M. Cameron to this patch if you want. You might consider adding "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" into the sign-off area as well. -- steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/