linux-kernel - lockdep: testing '0' where '\0' intended?

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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2013 01:06:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: lockdep: testing '0' where '\0' intended?

Not entirely sure about the assembly part, but shouldn't it...
--------
Test for the nul character rather than the '0' (== 0x30), in the
__get_user_unknown() case.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep_proc.c b/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
index b2c71c5..71b3aba 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static ssize_t lock_stat_write(struct file *file, 
const char __user *buf,
 		if (get_user(c, buf))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		if (c != '0')
+		if (c != '\0')
 			return count;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(class, &all_lock_classes, lock_entry)

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