/proc/acpi/alarm can't be set correctly, here is a sample: [root@localhost /]# echo "2006 09" > /proc/acpi/alarm [root@localhost /]# cat /proc/acpi/alarm 2007-12-09 09:09:09 [root@localhost /]# echo "2006 04" > /proc/acpi/alarm [root@localhost /]# cat /proc/acpi/alarm 2007-12-04 04:04:04 [root@localhost /]# Obviously, it is wrong, it should consider it as an invalid input. This patch'll fix this issue, after applying this patch, the result is: [root@localhost /]# echo "2008 09" > /proc/acpi/alarm -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@localhost /]# Signed-off by Yi Yang <yi.y.yang@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c index 1538355..fce78fb 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep/proc.c @@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ static int get_date_field(char **p, u32 * value) * Try to find delimeter, only to insert null. The end of the * string won't have one, but is still valid. */ + if (*p == NULL) + return result; + next = strpbrk(*p, "- :"); if (next) *next++ = '\0'; @@ -190,6 +193,8 @@ static int get_date_field(char **p, u32 * value) if (next) *p = next; + else + *p = NULL; return result; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
