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i810: fix kernel crash fix when struct fb_var_screeninfo is supplied
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Prevent the kernel from being crashed by a divide-by-zero operation when
supplied an incorrectly filled 'struct fb_var_screeninfo' from userland.

Previously i810_main.c:1005 (i810_check_params) was using the global
'yres' symbol previously defined at i810_main.c:145 as a module parameter
value holder (i810_main.c:2174).  If i810fb is compiled-in or if this
param doesn't get a default value, this direct usage leads to a
divide-by-zero at i810_main.c:1005 (i810_check_params).  The patch simply
replace the 'yres' global, perhaps undefined symbol usage by a given
parameter structure lookup.

This problem occurs with directfb, mplayer -vo fbdev, SDL library.
It was also reported ( but non solved ) at:

	http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2008-March/004050.html

Signed-off-by: Samuel CUELLA <samuel.cuella@supinfo.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Samuel CUELLA authored and Linus Torvalds committed Mar 10, 2009
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions drivers/video/i810/i810_main.c
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Expand Up @@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ static int i810_check_params(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
struct i810fb_par *par = info->par;
int line_length, vidmem, mode_valid = 0, retval = 0;
u32 vyres = var->yres_virtual, vxres = var->xres_virtual;

/*
* Memory limit
*/
Expand All @@ -1002,12 +1003,12 @@ static int i810_check_params(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
if (vidmem > par->fb.size) {
vyres = par->fb.size/line_length;
if (vyres < var->yres) {
vyres = yres;
vyres = info->var.yres;
vxres = par->fb.size/vyres;
vxres /= var->bits_per_pixel >> 3;
line_length = get_line_length(par, vxres,
var->bits_per_pixel);
vidmem = line_length * yres;
vidmem = line_length * info->var.yres;
if (vxres < var->xres) {
printk("i810fb: required video memory, "
"%d bytes, for %dx%d-%d (virtual) "
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