Re: [PATCH] EDAC: i82443bxgx: Fix invalid memory type assignment

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 04:15:20PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> The i82443bxgx_edac driver assigns an invalid negative value when an
> unknown DRAM type is detected.  Drop the unnecessary '-' that brings
> misbehavior.
> 
> Fixes: 5a2c675c8919 ("drivers/edac: new i82443bxgz MC driver")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/i82443bxgx_edac.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/i82443bxgx_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i82443bxgx_edac.c
> index a2ca929e2168..1638f288fa47 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/i82443bxgx_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/i82443bxgx_edac.c
> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int i82443bxgx_edacmc_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		edac_dbg(0, "Unknown/reserved DRAM type value in DRAMC register!\n");
> -		mtype = -MEM_UNKNOWN;
> +		mtype = MEM_UNKNOWN;
>  	}
>  
>  	if ((mtype == MEM_SDR) || (mtype == MEM_RDR))
> -- 

Is this something you caught by inspection or you really have hw that
loads that driver...

Wikipedia says 440BX chipset is pentium II and III which, if so, would
drop its priority considerably. CC:stable would be not needed either, TBH.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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