Re: [PATCH] ubi: replace simple_strtoul() with kstrtoul()

[Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com>]

On 2014/5/20 14:57, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com> wrote:
>> On 2014/5/19 17:14, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> Please don't add mindless casts!
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@huawei.com> wrote:
>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
>>>> @@ -1190,10 +1190,13 @@ static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_by_chdev(const char *mtd_dev)
>>>>  static struct mtd_info * __init open_mtd_device(const char *mtd_dev)
>>>>  {
>>>>         struct mtd_info *mtd;
>>>> -       int mtd_num;
>>>> +       int mtd_num, ret;
>>>>         char *endp;
>>>>
>>>> -       mtd_num = simple_strtoul(mtd_dev, &endp, 0);
>>>> +       endp = (char *)mtd_dev;
>>>> +       ret = kstrtoul(endp, 0, (unsigned long *)&mtd_num);
>>>
>>> On 64-bit, long is 64-bit, hence this will write beyond mtd_num and will corrupt
>>> the stack.
>>
>> Yeah, you are right. This really may write beyond dev.
>>
>> The kstrtoul(const char *s, unsigned int base, unsigned long *res) only accept unsigned long
>> pointer as the third parameter.
>> And the original function simple_strtoul() returns unsigned long type value.
>> It is also cast. So this may not corrupt the stack.
>>
>> Or do you have any better suggestion about this?
> 
> kstrtoint().
> 
Hi Geert,

Thanks for your suggestion, i will send the version2 out.
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
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