linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix pointer arithmetic in hpt3xx driver code (3rd try)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 7 Sep 2008 20:10:03 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
Cc:	Masoud Sharbiani <masouds@...gle.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix pointer arithmetic in hpt3xx driver code (3rd try)


Hi,

Masoud/Sergei: sorry for the bug and thanks for fixing it.

On Sunday 07 September 2008, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello, I wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> >> index eb107ee..4eae284 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/ide/pci/hpt366.c
> >> @@ -613,6 +613,14 @@ static int check_in_drive_list(ide_drive_t 
> >> *drive, const char **list)
> >>      return 0;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> +static struct hpt_info *hpt3xx_get_info(struct device *dev)
> >> +{
> >> +    struct ide_host *host    = pci_get_drvdata(to_pci_dev(pci_dev));
> >>   
> >
> >   Oops, this just won't compile. :-/
> 
>    BTW, there's no need to invoke to_pci_dev() at all since 
> pci_get_drvdata(dev) boils down to dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev) call. So, 
> in order not to waste time on useless pointer tricks, we should just 
> invoke the latter here.

I corrected this and applied the patch.
--
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/