Re: [PATCH 2/3] iio: Reject trailing garbage when parsing fixed point numbers

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On 10/22/2012 12:15 PM, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> When parsing a fixed point number IIO stops parsing the string once it has
> reached the last requested decimal place. This means that the remainder of the
> string is silently accepted regardless, of whether it is part of a valid number
> or not. This patch modifies the code to scan the whole string and only accept
> valid numbers. Since fract_mult is 0 after the last decimal place any digit that
> may follows won't affect the result.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Nice little trick.

Added to togreg branch of iio.git

> ---
>  drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c |    2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> index a2e9953..fe593bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> @@ -440,8 +440,6 @@ static ssize_t iio_write_channel_info(struct device *dev,
>  				integer = integer*10 + *buf - '0';
>  			else {
>  				fract += fract_mult*(*buf - '0');
> -				if (fract_mult == 1)
> -					break;
>  				fract_mult /= 10;
>  			}
>  		} else if (*buf == '\n') {
> 
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