Re: [PATCH] fbcon: Fix option parsing control flow in fb_console_setup

From: Tomi Valkeinen
Date: Wed Oct 22 2014 - 02:54:10 EST


On 09/10/14 12:48, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> Since strsep is used to tokenize the options string, after each option
> match the code should use "continue" to get the next token from strsep.
> This patch applies this pattern consistently.
>
> Previously, for "scrollback:" and "map:" the parse code would return
> (unconditionally: strsep ensures *options != ','), causing any
> following option to be ignored, while for "vc:" the parse code would
> go on to parse further options within the same token, which could lead
> to invalid input being accepted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maarten ter Huurne <maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 19 +++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Thanks, queued for 3.18 fixes.

Tomi


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