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authorJakob Koschel2022-03-19 21:14:54 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman2022-04-24 17:15:12 +0200
commit3a5e65023f0274d2104724a294b9b0eb4db59057 (patch)
tree44fcfff1a4f81f5f3028d00218ba4da0a66d7ee5 /drivers/char/misc.c
parenta8a570c6d0fd9e96d52697133f33962bf08b445b (diff)
char: misc: remove usage of list iterator past the loop body
In preparation to limit the scope of the list iterator to the list traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer pointing to the found element [1]. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YhdfEIwI4EdtHdym@kroah.com/ Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220319201454.2511733-1-jakobkoschel@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index ca5141ed5ef3..cba19bfdc44d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -100,17 +100,18 @@ static const struct seq_operations misc_seq_ops = {
static int misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
int minor = iminor(inode);
- struct miscdevice *c;
+ struct miscdevice *c = NULL, *iter;
int err = -ENODEV;
const struct file_operations *new_fops = NULL;
mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
- list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
- if (c->minor == minor) {
- new_fops = fops_get(c->fops);
- break;
- }
+ list_for_each_entry(iter, &misc_list, list) {
+ if (iter->minor != minor)
+ continue;
+ c = iter;
+ new_fops = fops_get(iter->fops);
+ break;
}
if (!new_fops) {
@@ -118,11 +119,12 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
request_module("char-major-%d-%d", MISC_MAJOR, minor);
mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
- list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
- if (c->minor == minor) {
- new_fops = fops_get(c->fops);
- break;
- }
+ list_for_each_entry(iter, &misc_list, list) {
+ if (iter->minor != minor)
+ continue;
+ c = iter;
+ new_fops = fops_get(iter->fops);
+ break;
}
if (!new_fops)
goto fail;