From 8d38edcf57bf16e7ff85703746787fc3fb94def8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Delvare Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:46:29 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] The current implementation of dmi_name_in_vendors() is an invitation to lazy coding and false positives [1]. Searching for a string in 8 know what you're looking for, so you should know where to look. strstr isn't fast, especially when it fails, so we should avoid calling it when it just can't succeed. Looking at the current users of the function, it seems clear to me that they are looking for a system or board vendor name, so let's limit dmi_name_in_vendors to these two DMI fields. This much better matches the function name, BTW. [1] We currently have code looking for short names in DMI data, such as "IBM", "ASUS" or "Acer". I let you guess what will happen the day other vendors ship products named, for example, "SCHREIBMEISTER", "PEGASUS" or "Acerola". Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jesse Barnes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c index bcb1126e3d00..153980be4ee6 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c @@ -585,14 +585,12 @@ int dmi_name_in_serial(const char *str) } /** - * dmi_name_in_vendors - Check if string is anywhere in the DMI vendor information. + * dmi_name_in_vendors - Check if string is in the DMI system or board vendor name * @str: Case sensitive Name */ int dmi_name_in_vendors(const char *str) { - static int fields[] = { DMI_BIOS_VENDOR, DMI_BIOS_VERSION, DMI_SYS_VENDOR, - DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, - DMI_BOARD_NAME, DMI_BOARD_VERSION, DMI_NONE }; + static int fields[] = { DMI_SYS_VENDOR, DMI_BOARD_VENDOR, DMI_NONE }; int i; for (i = 0; fields[i] != DMI_NONE; i++) { int f = fields[i]; -- 2.39.5