[patch 37/37] generic_serial: fix decoding of baud rate

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 30 2007 - 17:14:37 EST


-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Commit d720bc4b8fc5d6d179ef094908d4fbb5e436ffad partially removed a private
implementation of baud speed decoding. However it doesn't seem to be
complete: after the speed is decoded, it is still being used as an index to
a local speed table (array overrun, no doubt).

This was found by Graham Murray who noticed it caused a 2.6.19 regression
with the SX driver: https://bugs.gentoo.org/170554

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/char/generic_serial.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/char/generic_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/char/generic_serial.c
@@ -711,12 +711,6 @@ void gs_close(struct tty_struct * tty, s
}


-static unsigned int gs_baudrates[] = {
- 0, 50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 200, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 4800,
- 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, 230400, 460800, 921600
-};
-
-
void gs_set_termios (struct tty_struct * tty,
struct ktermios * old_termios)
{
@@ -772,7 +766,6 @@ void gs_set_termios (struct tty_struct *

baudrate = tty_get_baud_rate(tty);

- baudrate = gs_baudrates[baudrate];
if ((tiosp->c_cflag & CBAUD) == B38400) {
if ( (port->flags & ASYNC_SPD_MASK) == ASYNC_SPD_HI)
baudrate = 57600;

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