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From: Mark van Dijk <lists+linux-lvm@internecto.net>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Cc: mbooth@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] [PATCH] dmsetup: fix sscanf return check
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:01:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120823220134.20a36b13@internecto.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345728662-28052-1-git-send-email-mbooth@redhat.com>

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:31:02 +0100
Matthew Booth <mbooth@redhat.com> wrote:

> ---
>  tools/dmsetup.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/dmsetup.c b/tools/dmsetup.c
> index 0ac970f..65d17f8 100644
> --- a/tools/dmsetup.c
> +++ b/tools/dmsetup.c
> @@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ static int _parse_line(struct dm_task *dmt, char
> *buffer, const char *file, if (!*ptr || *ptr == '#')
>  		return 1;
>  
> -	if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %s %n",
> -		   &start, &size, ttype, &n) < 3) {
> +	if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %s %n", &start, &size, ttype,
> &n) != 4) { err("Invalid format on line %d of table %s", line, file);
>  		return 0;
>  	}

Ah. For non-coders like myself the purpose of this patch seems to be
clouded in mystery...

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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-23 13:31 [linux-lvm] [PATCH] dmsetup: fix sscanf return check Matthew Booth
2012-08-23 20:01 ` Mark van Dijk [this message]
2012-08-23 20:27 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2012-08-24  8:46   ` Matthew Booth

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