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[PATCH] lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size()

From Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH] lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size()
Date 2015-09-04 15:00 +0200
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string_get_size(1, 512, 0, ..., ...) call results in an infinite loop. The
problem is that if size == 0 when we start calculating sf_cap this loop
will never end.

The caller causing the issue is sd_read_capacity(), the problem was noticed
on Hyper-V.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
---
 lib/string_helpers.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index c98ae81..a155c7b 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
 		i++;
 	}
 
-	sf_cap = size;
+	sf_cap = size ? size : 1;
 	for (j = 0; sf_cap*10 < 1000; j++)
 		sf_cap *= 10;
 
-- 
2.4.3

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[PATCH] lib/string_helpers.c: fix infinite loop in string_get_size() Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 15:00 +0200

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