linux-kernel - [tip:x86/apic] x86/acpi: Fix incorrect sanity check in acpi_register

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:54:56 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Tang Chen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	tangchen@...fujitsu.com, tglx@...utronix.de, len.brown@...el.com
Subject: [tip:x86/apic] x86/acpi:
  Fix incorrect sanity check in acpi_register_lapic()

Commit-ID:  82982d729319e975115d88cae4927dffb02bfea7
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/82982d729319e975115d88cae4927dffb02bfea7
Author:     Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:00:19 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:08:16 +0200

x86/acpi: Fix incorrect sanity check in acpi_register_lapic()

We wanted to check if the APIC ID is out of range. It should be:

	if (id >= MAX_LOCAL_APIC)

There's no known bad effect of this bug.

Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Cc: pavel@....cz
Cc: rjw@...k.pl
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1374566419-21120-1-git-send-email-tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 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 2627a81..872a2d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void acpi_register_lapic(int id, u8 enabled)
 {
 	unsigned int ver = 0;
 
-	if (id >= (MAX_LOCAL_APIC-1)) {
+	if (id >= MAX_LOCAL_APIC) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "skipped apicid that is too big\n");
 		return;
 	}
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