UBI: eliminate update of list_for_each_entry loop cursor
authorJulia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:09:29 +0000 (11:09 +0200)
committerArtem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:19:11 +0000 (10:19 +0300)
list_for_each_entry uses its first argument to move from one element to the
next, so modifying it can break the iteration.  The variable re1 is already
used within the loop as a temporary variable, and is not live here.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r@
iterator name list_for_each_entry;
expression x,E;
position p1,p2;
@@

list_for_each_entry@p1(x,...) { <... x =@p2 E ...> }

@@
expression x,E;
position r.p1,r.p2;
statement S;
@@

*x =@p2 E
...
list_for_each_entry@p1(x,...) S
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c

index 4dfa6b90c21c30566d35939d7d3837327495f208..3d2d1a69e9a084b01c43ed2b23c75679cdebcaef 100644 (file)
@@ -798,18 +798,18 @@ static int rename_volumes(struct ubi_device *ubi,
                        goto out_free;
                }
 
-               re = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ubi_rename_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!re) {
+               re1 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ubi_rename_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!re1) {
                        err = -ENOMEM;
                        ubi_close_volume(desc);
                        goto out_free;
                }
 
-               re->remove = 1;
-               re->desc = desc;
-               list_add(&re->list, &rename_list);
+               re1->remove = 1;
+               re1->desc = desc;
+               list_add(&re1->list, &rename_list);
                dbg_msg("will remove volume %d, name \"%s\"",
-                       re->desc->vol->vol_id, re->desc->vol->name);
+                       re1->desc->vol->vol_id, re1->desc->vol->name);
        }
 
        mutex_lock(&ubi->device_mutex);