linux-kernel - [60/98] DMI: allow omitting ident strings in DMI tables

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:34:26 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>
Subject: [60/98] DMI: allow omitting ident strings in DMI tables

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

commit 75757507e014fa074d25d2883c4ab604999584bd upstream.

The purpose of dmi->ident is twofold - it may be used by DMI callback
functions when composing log messages; it is also used to determine
end of DMI table in dmi_check_system() and dmi_first_match(). However,
in case when callbacks are not interested in using ident at all it just
wastes memory. Let's make entries with empty first match slot serve as
end-of-table markers instead.

[needed for DMI table changes that need to be done by later patches - gkh]

Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...l.ru>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static bool dmi_matches(const struct dmi
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dmi->matches); i++) {
 		int s = dmi->matches[i].slot;
 		if (s == DMI_NONE)
-			continue;
+			break;
 		if (dmi_ident[s]
 		    && strstr(dmi_ident[s], dmi->matches[i].substr))
 			continue;
@@ -440,6 +440,15 @@ static bool dmi_matches(const struct dmi
 }
 
 /**
+ *	dmi_is_end_of_table - check for end-of-table marker
+ *	@dmi: pointer to the dmi_system_id structure to check
+ */
+static bool dmi_is_end_of_table(const struct dmi_system_id *dmi)
+{
+	return dmi->matches[0].slot == DMI_NONE;
+}
+
+/**
  *	dmi_check_system - check system DMI data
  *	@list: array of dmi_system_id structures to match against
  *		All non-null elements of the list must match
@@ -457,7 +466,7 @@ int dmi_check_system(const struct dmi_sy
 	int count = 0;
 	const struct dmi_system_id *d;
 
-	for (d = list; d->ident; d++)
+	for (d = list; !dmi_is_end_of_table(d); d++)
 		if (dmi_matches(d)) {
 			count++;
 			if (d->callback && d->callback(d))
@@ -484,7 +493,7 @@ const struct dmi_system_id *dmi_first_ma
 {
 	const struct dmi_system_id *d;
 
-	for (d = list; d->ident; d++)
+	for (d = list; !dmi_is_end_of_table(d); d++)
 		if (dmi_matches(d))
 			return d;
 


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