linux-kernel - [PATCH] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Fix mem frame loop initialization

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:37:28 -0700
From:   Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
To:     Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Fix mem frame loop initialization

The loop to find the best memory frame in arch_timer_mem_acpi_init()
initializes the loop counter with itself ('i = i'), which is suspicious
in the first place and pointed out by clang. The loop condition is
'i < timer_count' and a prior for loop exits when 'i' reaches
'timer_count', therefore the second loop is never executed.

Initialize the loop counter with 0 to iterate over all timers, which
supposedly was the intention before the typo monster attacked.

Fixes: c2743a36765d3 ("clocksource: arm_arch_timer: add GTDT support for memory-mapped timer")
Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
---
 drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index aae87c4c546e..72bbfccef113 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ static int __init arch_timer_mem_acpi_init(int platform_timer_count)
 	 * While unlikely, it's theoretically possible that none of the frames
 	 * in a timer expose the combination of feature we want.
 	 */
-	for (i = i; i < timer_count; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < timer_count; i++) {
 		timer = &timers[i];
 
 		frame = arch_timer_mem_find_best_frame(timer);
-- 
2.14.0.rc0.400.g1c36432dff-goog