[PATCH] tipar char driver (divide by zero)

[Romain Lievin]

Hi,

a set of 2 patches (2.4 & 2.6) about the tipar.c char driver. It fixes a divide-by-zero error when we try to read/write data after setting timeout to 0.

Please apply...

Romain.
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diff -Naur linux-2.4.23/drivers/char/tipar.c linux/drivers/char/tipar.c
--- linux-2.4.23/drivers/char/tipar.c	2003-06-01 05:06:24.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/drivers/char/tipar.c	2004-03-21 22:19:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 /*
  * Version Information
  */
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "1.18"
+#define DRIVER_VERSION "1.19"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR  "Romain Lievin <roms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC    "Device driver for TI/PC parallel link cables"
 #define DRIVER_LICENSE "GPL"
@@ -364,11 +364,14 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case IOCTL_TIPAR_DELAY:
-	  delay = (int)arg;    //get_user(delay, &arg);
-	  break;
+		delay = (int)arg;    //get_user(delay, &arg);
+		break;
 	case IOCTL_TIPAR_TIMEOUT:
-	  timeout = (int)arg;  //get_user(timeout, &arg);
-	  break;
+		if (arg != 0)
+                        timeout = (int)arg;
+                else
+                        retval = -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	default:
 		retval = -ENOTTY;
 		break;
@@ -402,7 +405,10 @@
 	str = get_options(str, ARRAY_SIZE(ints), ints);
 
 	if (ints[0] > 0) {
-		timeout = ints[1];
+		if (ints[1] != 0)
+                        timeout = ints[1];
+                else
+                        printk("tipar: wrong timeout value (0), using default value instead.");
 		if (ints[0] > 1) {
 			delay = ints[2];
 		}

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diff -Naur linux-2.6.3/drivers/char/tipar.c linux/drivers/char/tipar.c
--- linux-2.6.3/drivers/char/tipar.c	2004-02-18 04:58:48.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/drivers/char/tipar.c	2004-03-21 22:11:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 /*
  * Version Information
  */
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "1.17"
+#define DRIVER_VERSION "1.19"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR  "Romain Lievin <roms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
 #define DRIVER_DESC    "Device driver for TI/PC parallel link cables"
 #define DRIVER_LICENSE "GPL"
@@ -361,10 +361,13 @@
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case IOCTL_TIPAR_DELAY:
-	  delay = (int)arg;    //get_user(delay, &arg);
-	  break;
+		delay = (int)arg;    //get_user(delay, &arg);
+		break;
 	case IOCTL_TIPAR_TIMEOUT:
-	  timeout = (int)arg;  //get_user(timeout, &arg);
+		if (arg != 0)
+                        timeout = (int)arg;
+                else
+                        retval = -EINVAL;
 	  break;
 	default:
 		retval = -ENOTTY;
@@ -399,7 +402,10 @@
 	str = get_options(str, ARRAY_SIZE(ints), ints);
 
 	if (ints[0] > 0) {
-		timeout = ints[1];
+		if (ints[1] != 0)
+                        timeout = ints[1];
+                else
+                        printk("tipar: wrong timeout value (0), using default value instead.");
 		if (ints[0] > 1) {
 			delay = ints[2];
 		}

-- 
Romain Liévin (roms):         <romain@xxxxxxxxxx>
Web site:                     http://www.lievin.net
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