Re: [PATCH 7/10] cciss: use safer test on the result of find_first_zero_bit

[scameron]

> 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/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression e1,e2,e3;
> statement S1,S2;
> @@
> 
> e1 = find_first_zero_bit(e2,e3)
> ...
> if (e1 
> - ==
> + >=
>   e3)
> S1 else S2
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  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 <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

to this patch if you want.

You might consider adding "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" into the
sign-off area as well.

-- steve

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