linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpsca: remove the risk of a division by zero

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Date:	Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:16:25 +0000
From:	Luis de Bethencourt <luis@...ethencourt.com>
To:	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mchehab@....samsung.com, hdegoede@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gpsca: remove the risk of a division by zero

As reported by Peter Kovar, there's a potential risk of a division by zero on
calls to jpeg_set_qual() when quality is zero.

As quality can't be 0 or lower than that, add an extra clause to cover this
special case.

Signed-off-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luis.bg@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
index 5fcd1ee..c70ff40 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/gspca/topro.c
@@ -969,7 +969,9 @@ static void jpeg_set_qual(u8 *jpeg_hdr,
 {
 	int i, sc;
 
-	if (quality < 50)
+	if (quality <= 0)
+		sc = 5000;
+	else if (quality < 50)
 		sc = 5000 / quality;
 	else
 		sc = 200 - quality * 2;
-- 
2.1.3

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