Fix for segfault when reading /proc/mdstat

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / config.c

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 29eadc5927c06816593f0f7c9d1d744a27a1e7a5..121b3373554076212b844823847bce18e7d96eff 100644 (file)
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -161,11 +161,24 @@ char *conf_word(FILE *file, int allow_key)
                                        word[len++] = c;
                                }
                                c = getc(file);
+                               /* Hack for broken kernels (2.6.14-.24) that put
+                                *        "active(auto-read-only)"
+                                * in /proc/mdstat instead of
+                                *        "active (auto-read-only)"
+                                */
+                               if (c == '(' && len >= 6
+                                   && strncmp(word+len-6, "active", 6) == 0)
+                                       c = ' ';
                        }
                }
                if (c != EOF) ungetc(c, file);
        }
        word[len] = 0;
+
+       /* Further HACK for broken kernels.. 2.6.14-2.6.24 */
+       if (strcmp(word, "auto-read-only)") == 0)
+               strcpy(word, "(auto-read-only)");
+
 /*    printf("word is <%s>\n", word); */
        if (!wordfound) {
                free(word);