Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Since num is unsigned, it would seem better to use simple_strtoul that simple_strtol. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @r2@ long e; position p; @@ e = simple_strtol@p(…) @@ position p != r2.p; type T; T e; @@ e = – …
Category: Linux
Nov 25 2008
arch/x86/kernel/pci-calgary_64.c: change simple_strtol to simple_strtoul
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Impact: fix theoretical option string parsing overflow Since bridge is unsigned, it would seem better to use simple_strtoul that simple_strtol. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @r2@ long e; position p; @@ e = simple_strtol@p(…) @@ position p != r2.p; type …
Nov 25 2008
MIPS: Alchemy: Change strict_strtol to strict_strtoul
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Since memsize is unsigned, it would seem better to use strict_strtoul that strict_strtol. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @s2@ long e; position p; @@ strict_strtol@p(…,&e) @@ position p != s2.p; type T; T e; @@ – strict_strtol@p + strict_strtoul (…,&e) …
Nov 23 2008
arch/avr32: Eliminate NULL test and memset after alloc_bootmem
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> As noted by Akinobu Mita in patch b1fceac2b9e04d278316b2faddf276015fc06e3b, alloc_bootmem and related functions never return NULL and always return a zeroed region of memory. Thus a NULL test or memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary. This was fixed using the following semantic patch. (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @@ expression E; statement S; …
Nov 23 2008
drivers/pci/hotplug: Add missing pci_dev_get
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> pci_get_slot does a pci_dev_get, so pci_dev_put needs to be called in an error case. An alterative would be to move the test_and_set_bit before the call to pci_get_slot. The problem was fixed using the following semantic patch. (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @@ local idexpression *n; statement S1,S2; expression E,E1; expression *ptr != NULL; type …
Nov 23 2008
powerpc: Eliminate NULL test and memset after alloc_bootmem
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> As noted by Akinobu Mita in commit b1fceac2 (“x86: remove unnecessary memset and NULL check after alloc_bootmem()”), alloc_bootmem and related functions never return NULL and always return a zeroed region of memory. Thus a NULL test or memset after calls to these functions is unnecessary. This was fixed using the following …
Nov 20 2008
drivers/video/backlight/da903x.c: introduce missing kfree
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Error handling code following a kzalloc should free the allocated data. The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @r exists@ local idexpression x; statement S; expression E; identifier f,l; position p1,p2; expression *ptr != NULL; @@ ( if ((x@p1 = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\)(…)) == NULL) S | x@p1 …
Nov 20 2008
drivers/video: bad error test before a dereference
Author: Julien Brunel <brunel@diku.dk> The error test that follows the call to backlight_device_register semms not to concern the right variable. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @def0@ expression x; position p0; @@ x@p0 = backlight_device_register(…) @protected@ expression def0.x,E; position def0.p0; position p; statement S; @@ …
Nov 18 2008
trace: introduce missing mutex_unlock()
Author: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Impact: fix tracing buffer mutex leak in case of allocation failure This error was spotted by this semantic patch: http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/mut.html It looks correct as far as I can tell. Please review. Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar — kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) …
Nov 14 2008
ALSA: sound/pci/pcxhr/pcxhr.c: introduce missing kfree and pci_disable_device
Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Error handling code following a kzalloc should free the allocated data. The error handling code is adjusted to call pci_disable_device(pci); as well, as done later in the function The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // @r exists@ local idexpression x; statement S; expression E; identifier f,l; …
