The strn_pattern_cmp routine does not handle a blank name parameter properly. The only patterns which should match a blank name are "*" and an explicit "". If the function is passed a blank name in current code, it will always match against the patt parameter. The bug manifests itself as the device with the empty model name always matching the first device in the DMA blacklist, forcing it to revert to PIO mode. Signed-off-by: Andrew Paprocki <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index 4e11e39..e73b7b4 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -4013,8 +4013,19 @@ int strn_pattern_cmp(const char *patt, const char *name, int wildchar) p = strchr(patt, wildchar); if (p && ((*(p + 1)) == 0)) len = p - patt; - else + else { len = strlen(name); + /* If the model name parameter is empty, it should not match + * against anything other than "*" or "". + */ + if (unlikely(len == 0)) { + /* In the rare case your pattern is "". */ + if (strlen(patt) == 0) + return 0; + else + return -1; + } + } return strncmp(patt, name, len); } -- 1.5.3.4.g58ba4 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html