[PATCH] m32r: Should index be positive?

From: Roel Kluin
Date: Sun Nov 01 2009 - 09:22:21 EST


Index `ipi_num' is signed, test whether it is negative to
make sure we don't get a negative array element.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Found by code analysis, is it required?

diff --git a/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c b/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
index 8a88f1f..31cef20 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ unsigned long send_IPI_mask_phys(cpumask_t physid_mask, int ipi_num,

if (mask & ~physids_coerce(phys_cpu_present_map))
BUG();
- if (ipi_num >= NR_IPIS)
+ if (ipi_num >= NR_IPIS || ipi_num < 0)
BUG();

mask <<= IPI_SHIFT;
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