Re: [Suggestion] drivers/char: in hpet.c, check for hdp->hd_nirqs

From: Chen Gang
Date: Thu Nov 22 2012 - 20:15:53 EST


ä 2012å11æ23æ 02:24, Greg KH åé:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:50:32PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> Hello Arnd Bergmann, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>>
>> in drivers/char/hpet.c:1009
>> I suggest to add check for hdp->hd_nirqs whether equal or larger than 32 (HPET_MAX_TIMERS)
>> the type of irqp->interrupt_count is u8 (include/acpi/acrestyp.h:349)
>> the type of hdp->hd_irq is "unsigned int hd_irq[HPET_MAX_TIMERS]" (include/linux/hpet.h:99)
>> #define HPET_MAX_TIMERS (32) (include/linux/hpet.h:38)
>>
>> additional information:
>> acpi_register_gsi() not check the boundaries of how many irqs (at least, unlimited for u8).
>> maybe (only maybe) the irqp->interrupt_count is always less than 32 by hardware limitation.
>> I do not know whether it is a bug, so as a suggestion.
>
> Care to send a patch that implements this?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>

yes, I will do.

please help to check what I shall send (also OK to check by another one, I understand you are busy).

please waiting for a while.

thanks.

--
Chen Gang

Asianux Corporation
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