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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c34
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
index 422db000d727..49548bed2301 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ static inline int myisspace(u8 c)
* @option: option string to look for
*
* Returns the position of that @option (starts counting with 1)
- * or 0 on not found.
+ * or 0 on not found. @option will only be found if it is found
+ * as an entire word in @cmdline. For instance, if @option="car"
+ * then a cmdline which contains "cart" will not match.
*/
int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
{
char c;
- int len, pos = 0, wstart = 0;
+ int pos = 0, wstart = 0;
const char *opptr = NULL;
enum {
st_wordstart = 0, /* Start of word/after whitespace */
@@ -37,11 +39,14 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
if (!cmdline)
return -1; /* No command line */
- len = min_t(int, strlen(cmdline), COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
- if (!len)
+ if (!strlen(cmdline))
return 0;
- while (len--) {
+ /*
+ * This 'pos' check ensures we do not overrun
+ * a non-NULL-terminated 'cmdline'
+ */
+ while (pos < COMMAND_LINE_SIZE) {
c = *(char *)cmdline++;
pos++;
@@ -58,17 +63,26 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
/* fall through */
case st_wordcmp:
- if (!*opptr)
+ if (!*opptr) {
+ /*
+ * We matched all the way to the end of the
+ * option we were looking for. If the
+ * command-line has a space _or_ ends, then
+ * we matched!
+ */
if (!c || myisspace(c))
return wstart;
else
state = st_wordskip;
- else if (!c)
+ } else if (!c) {
+ /*
+ * Hit the NULL terminator on the end of
+ * cmdline.
+ */
return 0;
- else if (c != *opptr++)
+ } else if (c != *opptr++) {
state = st_wordskip;
- else if (!len) /* last word and is matching */
- return wstart;
+ }
break;
case st_wordskip: