Without this fix the the statistics user interface accepted, for example: echo name=my_stats type=utilisa > definition while it should only accept: echo name=my_stats type=utilisation > definition Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- statistic.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/lib/statistic.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/lib/statistic.c +++ linux/lib/statistic.c @@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ static int statistic_parse_match(struct len = (args[0].to - args[0].from); for (type = 0; type < STAT_NONE; type++) { disc = &statistic_discs[type]; - if (unlikely(strncmp(disc->name, args[0].from, len))) + if (strlen(disc->name) != len || + strncmp(disc->name, args[0].from, len)) continue; return statistic_parse_single(stat, info, def, type); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html