linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 044/192] x86/nmi: Fix timeout test in test_nmi

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Message-ID: <lsq.1507553064.759890887@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:44:24 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Dan Carpenter" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Don Zickus" <dzickus@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 044/192] x86/nmi: Fix timeout test in test_nmi_ipi()

3.16.49-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

commit c133c7615751008f6c32ccae7cdfc5ff6e989c35 upstream.

We're supposed to exit the loop with "timeout" set to zero.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 99e8b9ca90d6 ("x86, NMI: Add NMI IPI selftest")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170619105304.GA23995@elgon.mountain
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static void __init test_nmi_ipi(struct c
 
 	/* Don't wait longer than a second */
 	timeout = USEC_PER_SEC;
-	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && timeout--)
+	while (!cpumask_empty(mask) && --timeout)
 	        udelay(1);
 
 	/* What happens if we timeout, do we still unregister?? */