[PATCH] hvsi: Messed up error checking getting state name

From: Phil Carmody
Date: Fri Apr 16 2010 - 07:46:45 EST


From: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@xxxxxxxxx>

Handle out-of-range indices before reading what they refer
to. And don't access the one-past-the-end element of the
array either.

Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/hvsi.c | 6 ++----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
index 793b236..d4b14ff 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
@@ -194,10 +194,8 @@ static inline void print_state(struct hvsi_struct *hp)
"HVSI_WAIT_FOR_MCTRL_RESPONSE",
"HVSI_FSP_DIED",
};
- const char *name = state_names[hp->state];
-
- if (hp->state > ARRAY_SIZE(state_names))
- name = "UNKNOWN";
+ const char *name = (hp->state < ARRAY_SIZE(state_names))
+ ? state_names[hp->state] : "UNKNOWN";

pr_debug("hvsi%i: state = %s\n", hp->index, name);
#endif /* DEBUG */
--
1.6.0.4

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