[PATCH] lib: strto: Fix parsing MTD partition size

Pali Rohár pali at kernel.org
Fri Apr 24 21:33:42 CEST 2020


On Friday 24 April 2020 15:28:01 Tom Rini wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 09:15:43PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Friday 24 April 2020 15:12:42 Tom Rini wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 08:29:41PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > > On Friday 24 April 2020 20:21:33 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > > > Commit 0486497e2b5f ("lib: Improve _parse_integer_fixup_radix base 16
> > > > > detection") broke parsing MTD partition sizes specified in decimal base.
> > > > > 
> > > > > E.g. "128k(bootloader)" is parsed by drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c as hexadecimal
> > > > > number (0x128 << 10) because character 'a' in substring "bootloader" caused
> > > > > parsing whole number as hexadecimal.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This patch stop doing hexadecimal base heuristic on first non-valid
> > > > > hexadecimal number, so "128k(bootloader)" is parsed as decimal number 128.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fixes: 0486497e2b5f ("lib: Improve _parse_integer_fixup_radix base 16...")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali at kernel.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  lib/strto.c | 3 +++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/lib/strto.c b/lib/strto.c
> > > > > index 1ac2b09c72..060b66b915 100644
> > > > > --- a/lib/strto.c
> > > > > +++ b/lib/strto.c
> > > > > @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static const char *_parse_integer_fixup_radix(const char *s, unsigned int *base)
> > > > >  
> > > > >  			do {
> > > > >  				var = tolower(s[i++]);
> > > > > +				if (!(var >= '0' && var <= '9') &&
> > > > > +				    !(var >= 'a' && var <= 'f'))
> > > > > +					break;
> > > > >  				if (var >= 'a' && var <= 'f') {
> > > > >  					*base = 16;
> > > > >  					break;
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 2.20.1
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > CC Tom, this problem was detected by my in-progress Travis Nokia N900
> > > > test which tries to boot kernel from the OneNAND. Build log is there:
> > > > https://travis-ci.org/github/u-boot/u-boot/jobs/679007310
> > > 
> > > This is the same as:
> > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/1a681dbefac4c353ad53d7f6cd1a75812036739a.1586333353.git.michal.simek@xilinx.com/
> > > yes?  Thanks!
> > 
> > Yes, this is the same problem.
> 
> Can you please test (and Tested-by) that one?  Thanks!

It is basically same patch as mine... but ok I'm going to run that my
automated Nokia N900 test locally with above patch.


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