On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:14:01 -0600 , Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > __earlycon_of_table_sentinel.compatible is a char[128], not a pointer, so > > it will never be NULL. Checking it against NULL causes the match loop to > > run past the end of the array, and eventually match a bogus entry, under > > the following conditions: > > > > - Kernel command line specifies "earlycon" with no parameters > > - DT has a stdout-path pointing to a UART node > > - The UART driver doesn't use OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE (or maybe the console > > driver is compiled out) > > > > Fix this by checking to see if match->compatible is a non-empty string. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.16+ > > Thanks. I'll queue this up. > > BTW, you should not add stable CC when submitting for review, but > rather add a note for the maintainer to apply to stable. Only if a > commit is in mainline already and not flagged for stable, then you > send the patch with the stable tag to get the commit added to stable. > It's a bit confusing... Oops, since you've picked it up I'll drop it from my tree. I'll let you send the pull req to Linus. g. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
