linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers: ide: Fix mostly harmless off-by-one hardcoded value

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:57:29 +0100
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: ide: Fix mostly harmless off-by-one hardcoded value

The string "IOMEGA Clik!" has length 12, not 11. Using strstarts
avoids the error-prone hardcoding of the prefix length. For
consistency, also change the occurence just above.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 3d42043..8c6363c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static void ide_floppy_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	 * it. It should be fixed as of version 1.9, but to be on the safe side
 	 * we'll leave the limitation below for the 2.2.x tree.
 	 */
-	if (!strncmp((char *)&id[ATA_ID_PROD], "IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI", 20)) {
+	if (strstarts((char *)&id[ATA_ID_PROD], "IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI")) {
 		drive->atapi_flags |= IDE_AFLAG_ZIP_DRIVE;
 		/* This value will be visible in the /proc/ide/hdx/settings */
 		drive->pc_delay = IDEFLOPPY_PC_DELAY;
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static void ide_floppy_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	 * Guess what? The IOMEGA Clik! drive also needs the above fix. It makes
 	 * nasty clicking noises without it, so please don't remove this.
 	 */
-	if (strncmp((char *)&id[ATA_ID_PROD], "IOMEGA Clik!", 11) == 0) {
+	if (strstarts((char *)&id[ATA_ID_PROD], "IOMEGA Clik!")) {
 		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(drive->queue, 64);
 		drive->atapi_flags |= IDE_AFLAG_CLIK_DRIVE;
 		/* IOMEGA Clik! drives do not support lock/unlock commands */
-- 
2.0.4

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