linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 08/22] watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Skip zeros when calculating checksum

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:08:52 -0700
From:   Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
To:     linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>,
        Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Rick Ramstetter <rick@...eaterllc.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/22] watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Skip zeros when calculating checksum

Zeros don't contribute anything to checksum value, so we can skip
unused portion of the packet when calculating its checksum.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Cc: Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc: Rick Ramstetter <rick@...eaterllc.com>
Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
index 9d9c669b8b47..19da0910c2d1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int __ziirave_firm_write_pkt(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
 	memcpy(packet + 3, data, len);
 
 	/* Packet checksum */
-	for (i = 0; i < ZIIRAVE_FIRM_PKT_TOTAL_SIZE - 1; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < len + 3; i++)
 		checksum += packet[i];
 	packet[ZIIRAVE_FIRM_PKT_TOTAL_SIZE - 1] = checksum;
 
-- 
2.21.0