linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86, acpi: Fix wrong checking condition in acpi_register

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Message-ID: <20130723073950.GB13710@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:39:50 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	len.brown@...el.com, pavel@....cz, rjw@...k.pl, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86, acpi: Fix wrong checking condition in
 acpi_register_lapic().


* Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> We wanted to check if the acpi id is out of range. It should be:
> 	if (id >= (MAX_LOCAL_APIC)).

Does this have any practical impact, or can it wait until v3.12?

> Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> index d81a972..2a15ae7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void __cpuinit acpi_register_lapic(int id, u8 enabled)
>  {
>  	unsigned int ver = 0;
>  
> -	if (id >= (MAX_LOCAL_APIC-1)) {
> +	if (id >= (MAX_LOCAL_APIC)) {

The parentheses are now superfluous.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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