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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Jiang Jiasheng <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiang Jiasheng <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] irq: Potentially 'offset out of size' bug
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:28:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuisd8sf.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1631244372-1817960-1-git-send-email-jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>

On Fri, Sep 10 2021 at 03:26, Jiang Jiasheng wrote:
> The find_next_bit() use nr_irqs as size, and using it without
> any check might cause its returned value out of the size

Why exactly is this a problem? The return value has to be checked at the
call site anyway.

Thanks,

        tglx

      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-10 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-10  3:26 [PATCH 6/6] irq: Potentially 'offset out of size' bug Jiang Jiasheng
2021-09-10 10:28 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]

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