Re: [PATCH 1/3] xen: off by one error in xen/setup.c

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Wed Aug 03 2011 - 02:25:52 EST


On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Igor Mammedov wrote:

> On 08/02/2011 07:07 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 11:45:23AM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > > Do not try to initialize pfn beyond of available address space.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov<imammedo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/xen/setup.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
> > > index 60aeeb5..2221b05 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
> > > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void __init xen_add_extra_mem(unsigned long
> > > pages)
> > >
> > > xen_max_p2m_pfn = PFN_DOWN(extra_start + size);
> > >
> > > - for (pfn = PFN_DOWN(extra_start); pfn<= xen_max_p2m_pfn; pfn++)
> > > + for (pfn = PFN_DOWN(extra_start); pfn< xen_max_p2m_pfn; ++pfn)
> > > __set_phys_to_machine(pfn, INVALID_P2M_ENTRY);
> >
> > Did this actually break anything?
>
> Not really, but for the sake of correctness and as cleanup it's good idea.
>

Ok I'm really, really nitpicking here, but if it's supposed to "clean up",
wouldn't this:

for (pfn = PFN_DOWN(extra_start); pfn < xen_max_p2m_pfn; ++pfn)

be preferable (note the spacing around '<') ?

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