The patch titled hpet-fix-the-possibility-of-insane-return-value-of-hpet_calibrate-against-smi-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is hpet-fix-the-possibility-of-insane-return-value-of-hpet_calibrate-against-smi-fix.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 *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: hpet-fix-the-possibility-of-insane-return-value-of-hpet_calibrate-against-smi-fix From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> trivial style tweaks. Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Robert Picco <Robert.Picco@xxxxxx> Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx> Cc: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/hpet.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/hpet.c~hpet-fix-the-possibility-of-insane-return-value-of-hpet_calibrate-against-smi-fix drivers/char/hpet.c --- a/drivers/char/hpet.c~hpet-fix-the-possibility-of-insane-return-value-of-hpet_calibrate-against-smi-fix +++ a/drivers/char/hpet.c @@ -752,19 +752,20 @@ static unsigned long __hpet_calibrate(st static unsigned long hpet_calibrate(struct hpets *hpetp) { - unsigned long ret = ~0UL, tmp; + unsigned long ret = -1; + unsigned long tmp; /* * Try to calibrate until return value becomes stable small value. * If SMI interruption occurs in calibration loop, the return value * will be big. 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