1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ras/cec.c b/drivers/ras/cec.c
index 88e4f3ff0cb8..dbfe3e61d2c2 100644
--- a/drivers/ras/cec.c
+++ b/drivers/ras/cec.c
@@ -183,32 +183,38 @@ static void cec_timer_fn(struct timer_list *unused)
  */
 static int __find_elem(struct ce_array *ca, u64 pfn, unsigned int *to)
 {
+	int min = 0, max = ca->n - 1;
 	u64 this_pfn;
-	int min = 0, max = ca->n;
 
-	while (min < max) {
-		int tmp = (max + min) >> 1;
+	while (min <= max) {
+		int i = (min + max) >> 1;
 
-		this_pfn = PFN(ca->array[tmp]);
+		this_pfn = PFN(ca->array[i]);
 
 		if (this_pfn < pfn)
-			min = tmp + 1;
+			min = i + 1;
 		else if (this_pfn > pfn)
-			max = tmp;
-		else {
-			min = tmp;
-			break;
+			max = i - 1;
+		else if (this_pfn == pfn) {
+			if (to)
+				*to = i;
+
+			return i;
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * When the loop terminates without finding @pfn, min has the index of
+	 * the element slot where the new @pfn should be inserted. The loop
+	 * terminates when min > max, which means the min index points to the
+	 * bigger element while the max index to the smaller element, in-between
+	 * which the new @pfn belongs to.
+	 *
+	 * For more details, see exercise 1, Section 6.2.1 in TAOCP, vol. 3.
+	 */
 	if (to)
 		*to = min;
 
-	this_pfn = PFN(ca->array[min]);
-
-	if (this_pfn == pfn)
-		return min;
-
 	return -ENOKEY;
 }