From: Mark Ware <mware@elphinstone.net>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: [RFC/PATCH] doc2000: Fix uninitialized variable in doc_ecc_decode()
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:45:39 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BFDCEC3.7070601@elphinstone.net> (raw)
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.
drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
index a5bf9ff..7da2321 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ static int doc_ecc_decode(struct rs_control *rs, uint8_t *data, uint8_t *ecc)
uint8_t parity;
uint16_t ds[4], s[5], tmp, errval[8], syn[4];
+ memset(syn, 0, sizeof(syn));
/* Convert the ecc bytes into words */
ds[0] = ((ecc[4] & 0xff) >> 0) | ((ecc[5] & 0x03) << 8);
ds[1] = ((ecc[5] & 0xfc) >> 2) | ((ecc[2] & 0x0f) << 6);
@@ -168,9 +169,9 @@ static int doc_ecc_decode(struct rs_control *rs, uint8_t *data, uint8_t *ecc)
s[i] ^= rs->alpha_to[rs_modnn(rs, tmp + (FCR + i) * j)];
}
- /* Calc s[i] = s[i] / alpha^(v + i) */
+ /* Calc syn[i] = s[i] / alpha^(v + i) */
for (i = 0; i < NROOTS; i++) {
- if (syn[i])
+ if (s[i])
syn[i] = rs_modnn(rs, rs->index_of[s[i]] + (NN - FCR - i));
}
/* Call the decoder library */
--
1.5.6.5
next reply other threads:[~2010-05-27 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-27 1:45 Mark Ware [this message]
2010-06-17 4:44 ` [RFC/PATCH] doc2000: Fix uninitialized variable in doc_ecc_decode() Mark Ware
2010-06-29 3:46 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-06-29 3:58 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-06-29 6:29 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-06-29 6:47 ` Mark Ware
2010-06-29 6:50 ` Artem Bityutskiy
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=4BFDCEC3.7070601@elphinstone.net \
--to=mware@elphinstone.net \
--cc=linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).