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 <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
franciscofranco · Mar 6, 2010 · 3c840c1 · 3c840c1
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commit 3c840c1
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@
 		if ($type eq 'X') {
 		    if (file_match_pattern($file, $value)) {
 			$exclude = 1;
+			last;
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
@@ -373,8 +374,7 @@
 	    }
 	}
 
-	$tvi += ($end - $start);
-
+	$tvi = $end + 1;
     }
 
     foreach my $line (sort {$hash{$b} <=> $hash{$a}} keys %hash) {