scripts/get_maintainer.pl: fix possible infinite loop

If MAINTAINERS section entries are misformatted, it was possible to have
an infinite loop.

Correct the defect by always moving the index to the end of section + 1

Also, exit check for exclude as soon as possible.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index b61002dceaba7ac2e665a5c39ff1fb2a2ec11d6f..f76f3d13276dd114c880e13ec45cad7452f992b9 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
                if ($type eq 'X') {
                    if (file_match_pattern($file, $value)) {
                        $exclude = 1;
+                       last;
                    }
                }
            }
@@ -373,8 +374,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
            }
        }
 
-       $tvi += ($end - $start);
-
+       $tvi = $end + 1;
     }
 
     foreach my $line (sort {$hash{$b} <=> $hash{$a}} keys %hash) {