Am Donnerstag, den 13.08.2009, 11:12 +0800 schrieb Lin Ming:
> From: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:04:47 +0800
Another month, another git repository...
Are there any reasons why the patch below didn't land in linus' git
tree?
> Subject: [PATCH] acpi: fix null pointer deference of hardware_id string
>
> This regression was caused by commit ed44482
> "ACPICA: Major update for acpi_get_object_info external interface"
>
> Don't need to set hardware_id string \0 terminated here,
> acpi_get_object_info already handles it.
>
> Tested-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/agp/hp-agp.c | 6 ++++--
> drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/hp-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/hp-agp.c
> index 7bead4c..d83c4a8 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/agp/hp-agp.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/agp/hp-agp.c
> @@ -492,8 +492,10 @@ zx1_gart_probe (acpi_handle obj, u32 depth, void *context, void **ret)
> status = acpi_get_object_info(handle, &info);
> if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
> /* TBD check _CID also */
> - info->hardware_id.string[sizeof(info->hardware_id.length)-1] = '\0';
> - match = (strcmp(info->hardware_id.string, "HWP0001") == 0);
> + if (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_HID)
> + match = !strcmp(info->hardware_id.string, "HWP0001");
> + else
> + match = 0;
> kfree(info);
> if (match) {
> status = hp_acpi_csr_space(handle, &sba_hpa, &length);
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> index a9d926b..e7be66d 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
> @@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ static acpi_status __init ibm_find_acpi_device(acpi_handle handle,
> __func__, status);
> return retval;
> }
> - info->hardware_id.string[sizeof(info->hardware_id.length) - 1] = '\0';
>
> if (info->current_status && (info->valid & ACPI_VALID_HID) &&
> (!strcmp(info->hardware_id.string, IBM_HARDWARE_ID1) ||
>
>
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