linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 039/101] x86/nmi: Fix timeout test in test_nmi

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Date:   Mon, 9 Apr 2018 00:35:48 +0000
From:   Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
To:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 039/101] x86/nmi: Fix timeout test in
 test_nmi_ipi()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit c133c7615751008f6c32ccae7cdfc5ff6e989c35 ]

We're supposed to exit the loop with "timeout" set to zero.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 99e8b9ca90d6 ("x86, NMI: Add NMI IPI selftest")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170619105304.GA23995@elgon.mountain
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
index 6d9582ec0324..d27f8d84c4ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void __init test_nmi_ipi(struct cpumask *mask)
 
 	/* Don't wait longer than a second */
 	timeout = USEC_PER_SEC;
-	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && timeout--)
+	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && --timeout)
 	        udelay(1);
 
 	/* What happens if we timeout, do we still unregister?? */
-- 
2.15.1