linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netxen: fix incorrect loop counter decrement

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     manish.chopra@...ium.com, rahul.verma@...ium.com,
        Dept-GELinuxNICDev@...ium.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: fix incorrect loop counter decrement

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:12:06 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The loop counter k is currently being decremented from zero which
> is incorrect. Fix this by incrementing k instead
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#401847 ("Infinite loop")
> 
> Fixes: 83f18a557c6d ("netxen_nic: fw dump support")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.