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From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: carlos-v2tUB8YBRSi3e3T8WW9gsA@public.gmane.org,
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Subject: Re: [patch] Fix handling of overlength pathname in AF_UNIX sun_path
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:31:40 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120418.193140.1696968910620309822.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkh46EMDWpessyi0n-EyNoRid-iW1O1RfUpTtzKDv0mZFw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:50:40 +1200

> However, this is about longer-term improvement of the quality of
> implementation; in X years (choose your X) time, a lot of new
> application may not need to care about the old broken behavior.

There is really no value to this, the AF_UNIX NULL termination issue
is significantly different from the signal examples you mention.

If we're going to, like Carlos will, make mention in POSIX documents
that one must account for possible lack of NULL termination, there
is absolutely ZERO value in changing things because we are telling
application writers the state of reality which is that they have
to allot for this.

Please drop this issue, the discussion was over a long time ago, thank
you very much.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-18 23:31 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
     [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 [this message]
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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