Re: divide by zero in termios when setting bluetooth

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Dec 01 2009 - 11:02:06 EST


Hi!

> > I triggered this by mistake... "W" taint is from the WARN_ON()
> > before.
>
> This ought to fix it
>
> serial: Fix crash if the minimum rate of the device is > 9600 baud
>
> From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In that situation if the old rate is invalid and the new rate is invalid
> and the chip cannot do 9600 baud we report zero, which makes all the
> drivers explode.
>
> Instead force the rate based on min/max
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> }
>
> /*
> - * As a last resort, if the quotient is zero,
> - * default to 9600 bps
> + * As a last resort, if the range cannot be met then clip to
> + * the nearest chip supported rate.
> */
> - if (!hung_up)
> - tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios, 9600, 9600);
> + if (!hung_up) {
> + if (baud <= min)
> + tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios,
> + min + 1, min + 1);
> + else
> + tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios,
> + max - 1, max - 1);
> + }
> }
> -
> + /* Should never happen */
> + WARN_ON(1);
> return 0;

Does this mean WARN_ON() on user error? Maybe printk(KERN_ERR) with
explanation would be better?
Pavel
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