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From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: "Paweł Sikora" <pluto@pld-linux.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [oops] lib/vsprintf.c
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:06:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4187DA9B.8060401@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0411021937460.13120@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>>You do know that %s does not mix with 1.4?
>>
>>Yes, I known. I did it intentionally.

And you intentionally ignored the gcc warning...
it's all yours.
I.e., a normal user couldn't load the kernel module.

>>IMHO kernel should be more resistant to accidental programmers errors.
>>Be secure, trust no one ;)
> 
> 
> Well usually it should be. include/linux/kernel.h has the __attribute__(printf)
> stuff for the print[fk]* family.


-- 
~Randy

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-02 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-02  6:19 [oops] lib/vsprintf.c Paweł Sikora
2004-11-02  6:27 ` Nick Piggin
2004-11-02  7:35   ` Pawel Sikora
2004-11-02  9:08     ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-11-02  7:03 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-02 18:34   ` Paweł Sikora
2004-11-02 18:38     ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-11-02 19:06       ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
2004-11-02 18:46     ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2004-11-02 18:59       ` Jan Engelhardt

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