From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BKPATCH] more copy_{to,from}_user fixes
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 05:06:50 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020602080650.GA20603@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br> <E17Emrt-0000dp-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au>
Em Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:07:09PM +1000, Rusty Russell escreveu:
> In message <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br> you write:
> > Linus, some more, please consider pulling from:
> >
> > http://kernel-acme.bkbits.net:8080/copy_to_from_user-2.5
> >
> > I stopped this (re)audit when 544 were still to be reviewed. Bedtime 8)
>
> Heh... Was this on 2.5.20? If so, you're fast 8)
yes 8)
> I didn't bother to check for anything other than "I use the return
> value in a non-binary way": that's enough to keep me busy and
> frustrated.
>
> Not checking at all can keep code much simpler sometimes, too.
> (And more codepaths, more bugs.)
humm, but if it can fail...
- Arnaldo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-03 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-02 7:01 [BKPATCH] more copy_{to,from}_user fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-06-03 8:07 ` Rusty Russell
2002-06-02 8:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
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