linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/26] oprofile: oprofile_set_timeout(), return with error for invalid args

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:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:07:07 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oprofile-list <oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/26] oprofile: oprofile_set_timeout(), return with error for invalid args

Return with -EINVAL for invalid parameters instead of setting the
default value in oprofile_set_timeout().

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
---
 drivers/oprofile/oprof.c |   11 ++++++++---
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
index 7bc64af..42c9c76 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ post_sync:
 int oprofile_set_timeout(unsigned long val_msec)
 {
 	int err = 0;
+	unsigned long time_slice;
 
 	mutex_lock(&start_mutex);
 
@@ -209,9 +210,13 @@ int oprofile_set_timeout(unsigned long val_msec)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(val_msec);
-	if (timeout_jiffies == MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET)
-		timeout_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(MULTIPLEXING_TIMER_DEFAULT);
+	time_slice = msecs_to_jiffies(val_msec);
+	if (time_slice == MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	timeout_jiffies = time_slice;
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&start_mutex);
-- 
1.6.3.3


--
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/