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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2010-03-05 22:43:07 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-06 20:26:34 +0100
commit3c840c18bcd8efb37f1a565e83a9509e1ea5d105 (patch)
treecf1a0d872188bf3857354a8622fff3e7dc0c0709 /scripts
parentget_maintainer: quote email address with period (diff)
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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>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/get_maintainer.pl4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index b61002dceaba..f76f3d13276d 100755
--- 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) {