[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "tpm/tpm_ppi: Do not compare strcmp(a, b) == -1" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    tpm/tpm_ppi: Do not compare strcmp(a,b) == -1

to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From e9f0721c5f64dd22e29b3d7be8210002c1453df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Huewe <PeterHuewe at gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:46:55 +0100
Subject: tpm/tpm_ppi: Do not compare strcmp(a,b) == -1

commit 747d35bd9bb4ae6bd74b19baa5bbe32f3e0cee11 upstream.

Depending on the implementation strcmp might return the difference between
two strings not only -1,0,1 consequently
 if (strcmp (a,b) == -1)
might lead to taking the wrong branch

-> compare with < 0  instead,
which in any case is more canonical.

Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe at gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
index 57a818b..811ad1e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_store_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
 	 * is updated with function index from SUBREQ to SUBREQ2 since PPI
 	 * version 1.1
 	 */
-	if (strcmp(version, "1.1") == -1)
+	if (strcmp(version, "1.1") < 0)
 		params[2].integer.value = TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ;
 	else
 		params[2].integer.value = TPM_PPI_FN_SUBREQ2;
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_store_ppi_request(struct device *dev,
 	 * string/package type. For PPI version 1.0 and 1.1, use buffer type
 	 * for compatibility, and use package type since 1.2 according to spec.
 	 */
-	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") == -1) {
+	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") < 0) {
 		params[3].type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
 		params[3].buffer.length = sizeof(req);
 		sscanf(buf, "%d", &req);
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static ssize_t tpm_show_ppi_transition_action(struct device *dev,
 	 * (e.g. Capella with PPI 1.0) need integer/string/buffer type, so for
 	 * compatibility, define params[3].type as buffer, if PPI version < 1.2
 	 */
-	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") == -1) {
+	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") < 0) {
 		params[3].type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
 		params[3].buffer.length =  0;
 		params[3].buffer.pointer = NULL;
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static ssize_t show_ppi_operations(char *buf, u32 start, u32 end)
 	kfree(output.pointer);
 	output.length = ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER;
 	output.pointer = NULL;
-	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") == -1)
+	if (strcmp(version, "1.2") < 0)
 		return -EPERM;

 	params[2].integer.value = TPM_PPI_FN_GETOPR;
--
1.8.3.2