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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, Jassi Brar <jassi.brar@samsung.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@nokia.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch] ASoC: soc: snprintf() doesn't return negative
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:40:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101012104022.GA6742@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101012095605.GC30933@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main>

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:56:05AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49:27AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > Argh, yes, I'm (again) confused by that behavior.
> > The problem is the potential buffer overflow, indeed.  snprintf()
> > returns the size that would be printed.  Thus a safe code would be
> > like:
> > 
> > 	list_for_each_entry(dai, &dai_list, list) {
> >  		int len = snprintf(buf + ret, PAGE_SIZE - ret, "%s\n", dai->name);
> >  		if (len < 0)
> >  			continue;
> >  		ret += len;
> > 		if (ret >= PAGE_SIZE) {
> > 			ret = PAGE_SIZE;
> > 			break;
> > 		}
> > 	}
> 
> Yes, this form is better for that variant of the loop - that is safe and
> legible without relying on current implementation details of snprintf().

This is fine with me as well.  My original patch had a problem with the
WARN_ON() so your version is better.

regards,
dan carpenter

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, Jassi Brar <jassi.brar@samsung.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@nokia.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [patch] ASoC: soc: snprintf() doesn't return negative
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:40:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101012104022.GA6742@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101012095605.GC30933@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main>

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:56:05AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49:27AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > Argh, yes, I'm (again) confused by that behavior.
> > The problem is the potential buffer overflow, indeed.  snprintf()
> > returns the size that would be printed.  Thus a safe code would be
> > like:
> > 
> > 	list_for_each_entry(dai, &dai_list, list) {
> >  		int len = snprintf(buf + ret, PAGE_SIZE - ret, "%s\n", dai->name);
> >  		if (len < 0)
> >  			continue;
> >  		ret += len;
> > 		if (ret >= PAGE_SIZE) {
> > 			ret = PAGE_SIZE;
> > 			break;
> > 		}
> > 	}
> 
> Yes, this form is better for that variant of the loop - that is safe and
> legible without relying on current implementation details of snprintf().

This is fine with me as well.  My original patch had a problem with the
WARN_ON() so your version is better.

regards,
dan carpenter


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>, Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>,
	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@nokia.com>,
	Jassi Brar <jassi.brar@samsung.com>,
	alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] ASoC: soc: snprintf() doesn't return negative
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:40:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101012104022.GA6742@bicker> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101012095605.GC30933@rakim.wolfsonmicro.main>

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:56:05AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49:27AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> > Argh, yes, I'm (again) confused by that behavior.
> > The problem is the potential buffer overflow, indeed.  snprintf()
> > returns the size that would be printed.  Thus a safe code would be
> > like:
> > 
> > 	list_for_each_entry(dai, &dai_list, list) {
> >  		int len = snprintf(buf + ret, PAGE_SIZE - ret, "%s\n", dai->name);
> >  		if (len < 0)
> >  			continue;
> >  		ret += len;
> > 		if (ret >= PAGE_SIZE) {
> > 			ret = PAGE_SIZE;
> > 			break;
> > 		}
> > 	}
> 
> Yes, this form is better for that variant of the loop - that is safe and
> legible without relying on current implementation details of snprintf().

This is fine with me as well.  My original patch had a problem with the
WARN_ON() so your version is better.

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-12 10:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-11  3:54 [patch] ASoC: soc: snprintf() doesn't return negative Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11  3:54 ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 10:07 ` Liam Girdwood
2010-10-11 10:07   ` Liam Girdwood
2010-10-11 10:40 ` Mark Brown
2010-10-11 10:40   ` Mark Brown
2010-10-11 16:40   ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 16:40     ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 16:40     ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 18:51     ` Mark Brown
2010-10-11 18:51       ` Mark Brown
2010-10-11 18:51       ` Mark Brown
2010-10-11 19:45       ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 19:45         ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 19:45         ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 20:57         ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-11 20:57           ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-11 20:57           ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-12  9:35           ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12  9:35             ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12  9:35             ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12  9:49             ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-12  9:49               ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-12  9:49               ` Takashi Iwai
2010-10-12  9:56               ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12  9:56                 ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12  9:56                 ` Mark Brown
2010-10-12 10:40                 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2010-10-12 10:40                   ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-12 10:40                   ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 21:11         ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 21:11           ` Dan Carpenter
2010-10-11 21:11           ` Dan Carpenter

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