[PATCH 3.12 68/72] powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Mon Nov 07 2016 - 08:32:29 EST


From: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit 11b7e154b132232535befe51c55db048069c8461 upstream.

When we merge two contiguous partitions whose signatures are marked
NVRAM_SIG_FREE, We need update prev's length and checksum, then write it
to nvram, not cur's. So lets fix this mistake now.

Also use memset instead of strncpy to set the partition's name. It's
more readable if we want to fill up with duplicate chars .

Fixes: fa2b4e54d41f ("powerpc/nvram: Improve partition removal")
Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 8213ee1eb05a..1def48da21b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int __init nvram_remove_partition(const char *name, int sig,

/* Make partition a free partition */
part->header.signature = NVRAM_SIG_FREE;
- strncpy(part->header.name, "wwwwwwwwwwww", 12);
+ memset(part->header.name, 'w', 12);
part->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&part->header);
rc = nvram_write_header(part);
if (rc <= 0) {
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ int __init nvram_remove_partition(const char *name, int sig,
}
if (prev) {
prev->header.length += part->header.length;
- prev->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&part->header);
- rc = nvram_write_header(part);
+ prev->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&prev->header);
+ rc = nvram_write_header(prev);
if (rc <= 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_remove_partition: nvram_write failed (%d)\n", rc);
return rc;
--
2.10.2