From e2e5a0f2b100a5204d27def8bbf73333d1710be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Oberparleiter Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:18:59 +0100 Subject: [S390] sclp: handle empty event buffers Handle a malformed hardware response which some versions of the Support Element (SE) may present during SE restart and which otherwise would result in an endless loop in function sclp_dispatch_evbufs. Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky --- drivers/s390/char/sclp.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c index 1fd8f2193ed..4377e93a43d 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c +++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp.c @@ -280,8 +280,11 @@ sclp_dispatch_evbufs(struct sccb_header *sccb) rc = 0; for (offset = sizeof(struct sccb_header); offset < sccb->length; offset += evbuf->length) { - /* Search for event handler */ evbuf = (struct evbuf_header *) ((addr_t) sccb + offset); + /* Check for malformed hardware response */ + if (evbuf->length == 0) + break; + /* Search for event handler */ reg = NULL; list_for_each(l, &sclp_reg_list) { reg = list_entry(l, struct sclp_register, list); -- cgit v1.2.3