On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 11:07:56AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > Find_first_zero_bit considers BITS_PER_LONG bits at a time, and thus may > return a larger number than the maximum position argument if that position > is not a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @@ > expression e1,e2,e3; > statement S1,S2; > @@ > > e1 = find_first_zero_bit(e2,e3) > ... > if (e1 > - == > + >= > e3) > S1 else S2 > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > --- > drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c > --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c > @@ -4703,7 +4703,7 @@ static struct CommandList *cmd_alloc(str > spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags); > do { > i = find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, h->nr_cmds); > - if (i == h->nr_cmds) { > + if (i >= h->nr_cmds) { > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags); > return NULL; > } Thanks, Ack. You can add Reviewed-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to this patch if you want. You might also consider adding "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" to the sign-off area. -- steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html