RE: [PATCH] tipc: fix a log bug

From: Tung Quang Nguyen
Date: Mon Apr 24 2023 - 07:00:21 EST




>Subject: [PATCH] tipc: fix a log bug
Please rephrase this patch title, what is "log bug" ?
>
>When tipc stripe \x00 from string hex, it walks step by step
>instead of two step.
>It will cause a char which ascii low 4 bit is zero be striped.
>So change one step iteration to two step to fix this bug.
>
Please rephrase this change log by correcting typo/grammar and provide printouts of "tipc node list" command to prove unexpected/incorrect node id.
>Signed-off-by: sunichi <sunyiqixm@xxxxxxxxx>
If you can prove there is a bug, please add Fixes tag to your patch.
>---
> net/tipc/addr.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/tipc/addr.c b/net/tipc/addr.c
>index fd0796269..83eb91ca3 100644
>--- a/net/tipc/addr.c
>+++ b/net/tipc/addr.c
>@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ char *tipc_nodeid2string(char *str, u8 *id)
> sprintf(&str[2 * i], "%02x", id[i]);
>
> /* Strip off trailing zeroes */
>- for (i = NODE_ID_STR_LEN - 2; str[i] == '0'; i--)
>+ for (i = NODE_ID_STR_LEN - 2; str[i] == '0' && str[i - 1] == '0'; i -= 2) {
> str[i] = 0;
>+ str[i - 1] = 0;
>+ }
>
> return str;
> }
>--
>2.25.1