linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: fix unterminated pci_device

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Message-ID: <46E7C91D.3070001@garzik.org>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:10:21 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ben Collins <bcollins@...ntu.com>,
	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: fix unterminated pci_device_id lists

Kees Cook wrote:
> This patch against 2.6.23-rc6 fixes a couple drivers that do not
> correctly terminate their pci_device_id lists.  This results in garbage
> being spewed into modules.pcimap when the module happens to not have
> 28 NULL bytes following the table, and/or the last PCI ID is actually
> truncated from the table when calculating the modules.alias PCI aliases,
> cause those unfortunate device IDs to not auto-load.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>

ACK


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