From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org,
jengelh@medozas.de, w@1wt.eu, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [patch] Fix handling of overlength pathname in AF_UNIX sun_path
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:36:14 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120417.223614.629911246108750471.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F8D497F.8060601@gmail.com>
From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:44:15 +1200
> 1. Changing the kernel behavior prevents userspace having
> to go through the sort of contortions described above
> in order to handle the 108-non-NUL-bytes-in-sun_path case.
The problem with this logic is that it ignores every single Linux
system that exists right now.
You need to code this logic into your application unless you don't
want it to run properly on every Linux system that actually exists.
Sorry, we're not making this change.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-18 2:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-17 10:44 [patch] Fix handling of overlength pathname in AF_UNIX sun_path Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <4F8D497F.8060601-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-17 10:51 ` Willy Tarreau
[not found] ` <20120417105107.GA8614-K+wRfnb2/UA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-17 15:43 ` Carlos O'Donell
2012-04-18 19:44 ` Alan Cox
2012-04-18 2:36 ` David Miller [this message]
[not found] ` <20120417.223614.629911246108750471.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 4:08 ` Carlos O'Donell
[not found] ` <CADZpyix6DZ93f8MQf3Aa1NVV7HCFMAXVAdzRMFBY7xWHHQMPog-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 4:16 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <20120418.001650.1042781402985153056.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 12:57 ` Carlos O'Donell
[not found] ` <CADZpyixnQMM5WFWLyvEQ=D-tvrqFGe4PC5WdUzxVtdL96NODJQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 17:31 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <20120418.133102.1711079292327461659.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 18:48 ` Carlos O'Donell
2012-04-18 19:23 ` David Miller
2012-04-18 22:50 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkh46EMDWpessyi0n-EyNoRid-iW1O1RfUpTtzKDv0mZFw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-18 23:31 ` David Miller
2012-04-19 10:19 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20120419111909.616bef70-38n7/U1jhRXW96NNrWNlrekiAK3p4hvP@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-19 10:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkjZ31JAs0XFutnAozCAcHHAq6pcCAKeDNHccKQ+6uTP6g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-19 12:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-04-18 8:17 ` David Laight
2012-04-18 13:13 ` Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
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