Re: [PATCH] Fixed use of rounddown_pow_of_two in ramoops

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Nov 21 2011 - 19:06:36 EST


On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:32:15 +0100
Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The return value of rounddown_pow_of_two wasn't evaluated, so the
> operation was a no-op.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/char/ramoops.c | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ramoops.c b/drivers/char/ramoops.c
> index 7c7f42a1f8..9658116 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ramoops.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ramoops.c
> @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ static int __init ramoops_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto fail3;
> }
>
> - rounddown_pow_of_two(pdata->mem_size);
> - rounddown_pow_of_two(pdata->record_size);
> + pdata->mem_size = rounddown_pow_of_two(pdata->mem_size);
> + pdata->record_size = rounddown_pow_of_two(pdata->record_size);
>
> /* Check for the minimum memory size */
> if (pdata->mem_size < MIN_MEM_SIZE &&

waah.

Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

There goes my chance to get my name in the kernel tree :(
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