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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:35:43 +0100 From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, "mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>, "Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/uncore: fix missing end markers for SNB/IVB/HSW IMC PMU On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote: > Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> writes: > >> This patch fixes a bug with the SNB/IVB/HSW uncore >> mmeory controller support. >> >> The PCI Ids tables for the memory controller were missing end markers. >> That could cause random crashes on boot during or after PCI device >> registration. > > I wonder if there's a way to check this in checkpatch.pl ? > > Or maybe a sparse check could be added, with a new type attribute > that says "needs to be 0 terminate" > Not that easy , because in some cases, the size may be passed as a parameter to the call or maybe embedded into a struct passed to the call. But if you target this specific macro, you should be able to find the issues. > -Andi > > -- > ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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