linux-kernel - [PATCH] 9p: use copy of the options value instead of original

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:05:19 -0600
From:	Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>
To:	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] 9p: use copy of the options value instead of original

v9fs_parse_options function uses strsep which modifies the value of the
v9ses->options field. That modified value is later passed to the function
that creates the transport potentially making the transport creation
function to fail.

This patch creates a copy of v9ses->option field that v9fs_parse_options
function uses instead of the original value.

Signed-off-by: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>

---
commit 0c0b7fa3d4e80ab3e4e69b8a55661f649d1b41ff
tree eeb4ac6ea85387c153e3f7f6cad370e1c5dc8534
parent c9927c2bf4f45bb85e8b502ab3fb79ad6483c244
author Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net> 1193438132 -0600
committer Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net> 1193438132 -0600

 fs/9p/v9fs.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index 756f7e9..fbb12da 100644
--- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
 
 static void v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 {
-	char *options = v9ses->options;
+	char *options;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
 	char *p;
 	int option;
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ static void v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 	v9ses->cache = 0;
 	v9ses->trans = v9fs_default_trans();
 
-	if (!options)
+	if (!v9ses->options)
 		return;
 
+	options = kstrdup(v9ses->options, GFP_KERNEL);
 	while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
 		int token;
 		if (!*p)
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ static void v9fs_parse_options(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses)
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
+	kfree(options);
 }
 
 /**
-
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