From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
To: Mark Ware <mware@elphinstone.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] doc2000: Fix uninitialized variable in doc_ecc_decode()
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:29:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1277792986.1041.959.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BFDCEC3.7070601@elphinstone.net>
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 11:45 +1000, Mark Ware wrote:
> The variable 'syn' was being used uninitialized. Also
> fixed incorrect use of syn[] vs s[].
>
> Tested on powerpc board with 64MB DOC2000.
> ---
>
> I am porting from a 2.4.18 kernel to 2.6.32, and I saw random media header
> mismatches causing a failure to detect the DOC device partitions. Tracing
> through, I saw this variable being used uninitialized and I suspect
> incorrectly also.
>
> I do not really understand how the ecc/syndrome code works, so I do not
> know if this patch is the correct solution, but it did make my problem
> go away...
>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner as I believe he may have written this function initially.
Please, always add Signed-off-by for kernel patches. I added it for you.
--
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-29 6:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-27 1:45 [RFC/PATCH] doc2000: Fix uninitialized variable in doc_ecc_decode() Mark Ware
2010-06-17 4:44 ` Mark Ware
2010-06-29 3:46 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-06-29 3:58 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-06-29 6:29 ` Artem Bityutskiy [this message]
2010-06-29 6:47 ` Mark Ware
2010-06-29 6:50 ` Artem Bityutskiy
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