[PATCH 3.10 068/319] powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Sun Feb 05 2017 - 15:09:38 EST


From: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 11b7e154b132232535befe51c55db048069c8461 upstream.

When we merge two contiguous partitions whose signatures are marked
NVRAM_SIG_FREE, We need update prev's length and checksum, then write it
to nvram, not cur's. So lets fix this mistake now.

Also use memset instead of strncpy to set the partition's name. It's
more readable if we want to fill up with duplicate chars .

Fixes: fa2b4e54d41f ("powerpc/nvram: Improve partition removal")
Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 48fbc2b..4047d8a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int __init nvram_remove_partition(const char *name, int sig,

/* Make partition a free partition */
part->header.signature = NVRAM_SIG_FREE;
- strncpy(part->header.name, "wwwwwwwwwwww", 12);
+ memset(part->header.name, 'w', 12);
part->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&part->header);
rc = nvram_write_header(part);
if (rc <= 0) {
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ int __init nvram_remove_partition(const char *name, int sig,
}
if (prev) {
prev->header.length += part->header.length;
- prev->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&part->header);
- rc = nvram_write_header(part);
+ prev->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&prev->header);
+ rc = nvram_write_header(prev);
if (rc <= 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_remove_partition: nvram_write failed (%d)\n", rc);
return rc;
--
2.8.0.rc2.1.gbe9624a