The patch titled Subject: lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size() string_get_size(1, 512, 0, ..., ...) call results in an infinite loop. The problem is that if size == 0 when we start calculating sf_cap this loop will never end. The caller causing the issue is sd_read_capacity(), the problem was noticed on Hyper-V. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/string_helpers.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN lib/string_helpers.c~lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size lib/string_helpers.c --- a/lib/string_helpers.c~lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size +++ a/lib/string_helpers.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_s i++; } - sf_cap = size; + sf_cap = size ? size : 1; for (j = 0; sf_cap*10 < 1000; j++) sf_cap *= 10; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx are lib-string_helpersc-fix-infinite-loop-in-string_get_size.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html