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authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>2008-08-17 15:06:59 -0400
committerJesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>2008-10-20 13:48:35 -0400
commitb41d6cf38e27a940d998d989526a9748de1bf028 (patch)
treea2ae90005e000d4f9d16637171ff11dd31a4917a /Documentation
parentedbc25caaa492a82e19baa915f1f6b0a0db6554d (diff)
PCI: Check dynids driver_data value for validity
Only accept dynids whose driver_data value matches one of the driver's pci_driver_id entries. This prevents the user from accidentally passing values the drivers do not expect. Cc: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index 8d4dc6250c58..fd4907a2968c 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ need pass only as many optional fields as necessary:
163 o class and classmask fields default to 0 163 o class and classmask fields default to 0
164 o driver_data defaults to 0UL. 164 o driver_data defaults to 0UL.
165 165
166Note that driver_data must match the value used by any of the pci_device_id
167entries defined in the driver. This makes the driver_data field mandatory
168if all the pci_device_id entries have a non-zero driver_data value.
169
166Once added, the driver probe routine will be invoked for any unclaimed 170Once added, the driver probe routine will be invoked for any unclaimed
167PCI devices listed in its (newly updated) pci_ids list. 171PCI devices listed in its (newly updated) pci_ids list.
168 172