The patch titled bcm63xx_enet: timeout off by one in do_mdio_op() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is bcm63xx_enet-timeout-off-by-one-in-do_mdio_op.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: bcm63xx_enet: timeout off by one in do_mdio_op() From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> `while (limit-- >= 0)' reaches -2 after the loop upon timeout. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Maxime Bizon <mbizon@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c~bcm63xx_enet-timeout-off-by-one-in-do_mdio_op drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c --- a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c~bcm63xx_enet-timeout-off-by-one-in-do_mdio_op +++ a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static int do_mdio_op(struct bcm_enet_pr if (enet_readl(priv, ENET_IR_REG) & ENET_IR_MII) break; udelay(1); - } while (limit-- >= 0); + } while (limit-- > 0); return (limit < 0) ? 1 : 0; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch powerpc-sky-cpu-redundant-or-incorrect-tests-on-unsigned.patch mips-decrease-size-of-au1xxx_dbdma_pm_regs.patch msp71xx-request_irq-failure-ignored-in-msp_pcibios_config_access.patch hfc_usb-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch bcm63xx_enet-timeout-off-by-one-in-do_mdio_op.patch cyclades-read-buffer-overflow.patch serial167-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-fnic-fnic_scsic-clean-up.patch ibmmca-buffer-overflow.patch scsi-eata-fix-buffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-gdthc-fix-buffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-u14-34fc-fix-uffer-overflow.patch drivers-scsi-lpfc-lpfc_vportc-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch osst-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch gdth-unmap-ccb_phys-when-scsi_add_host-fails-in-gdth_eisa_probe_one.patch zfcp-test-kmalloc-failure-in-scsi_get_vpd_page.patch st-fix-test-of-value-range-in-st_set_options.patch drivers-staging-octeon-ethernet-rgmiic-dont-ignore-request_irq-return-code.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch random-kmalloc-failure-ignored-in-init_std_data.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