do_header() is called for each cpio entry and fails if the first six bytes don't match "newc" magic. The magic check includes a special case error message if POSIX.1 ASCII (cpio -H odc) magic is detected. This special case POSIX.1 check can be nested under the "newc" mismatch code path to avoid calling memcmp() twice in a non-error case. Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@xxxxxxx> --- init/initramfs.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c index 2f3d96dc3db6..2f79b3ec0b40 100644 --- a/init/initramfs.c +++ b/init/initramfs.c @@ -257,12 +257,11 @@ static int __init do_collect(void) static int __init do_header(void) { - if (memcmp(collected, "070707", 6)==0) { - error("incorrect cpio method used: use -H newc option"); - return 1; - } if (memcmp(collected, "070701", 6)) { - error("no cpio magic"); + if (memcmp(collected, "070707", 6) == 0) + error("incorrect cpio method used: use -H newc option"); + else + error("no cpio magic"); return 1; } parse_header(collected); -- 2.31.1