From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:47646 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750819AbZLOFOK (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:14:10 -0500 From: Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: fix segfault with short symbol names Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:44:04 +1030 References: <1260615744-23165-1-git-send-email-mmarek@suse.cz> <20091214100613.GA21769@sepie.suse.cz> <51737.84.105.60.153.1260797592.squirrel@gate.crashing.org> In-Reply-To: <51737.84.105.60.153.1260797592.squirrel@gate.crashing.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912151544.04714.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Segher Boessenkool Cc: Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:03:12 am Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 04:26:20PM +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > >> >- if (memcmp(symname, CRC_PFX, strlen(CRC_PFX)) == 0) { > >> >+ if (strncmp(symname, CRC_PFX, strlen(CRC_PFX)) == 0) { > >> > >> This doesn't change anything. In both cases the function will return 0 > >> only if all strlen(CRC_PFX) chars match, and in both cases it can access > >> strlen(CRC_PFX) chars (strncmp() is allowed to access characters after > >> the first \0 just fine). > > > > str(n)cmp is not allowed to access characters past the NUL byte. > > Let me apologise for the confusion. Mea culpas must be short, to avoid wasting even more time. And they must be at least as absolute as the incorrect assertion was. This helps us lurkers and archive readers flush the crap from their brains. Your mails used _ for emphasis and "You are wrong.". Ouch. I suggest: "I am *wrong*. Sorry Michal for the brain fart." Also, please stop channeling Richard B. Johnson. Rusty.