Re: [PATCH] irda: fix type of struct irda_ias_set.attribute.irda_attrib_string.len

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:59:59PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, ias_opt->attribute.irda_attrib_string.len is __u8, but
> > IAS_MAX_STRING = 256... so attribute.irda_attrib_string.len has to be at least
> > __u18, this patch fix this, please see if it is appropriate and if it is so,
> > apply.
> 
> No, please don't. This 
>  (a) changes ABI structures that are exported to user space

	Yes ! You are 100% correct, changing this would break all the
IrDA user space, which I'm not keen on doing.

>  (b) is unnecessary - since the problem is the _warning_, not the test.
> 
> Just shut the warning up by either removing the test (replacing it with a 
> comment about why it's unnecessary), or by adding a cast, ie
> 
> 	unsigned int len = ias_opt->attribute.irda_attrib_string.len;
> 
> 	if (len > IAS_MAX_STRING) {
> 		...
> 
> in case the code ever expects IAS_MAX_STRING to be shorter (or if the type 
> is ever changed).

	Yes, in this case the test should be removed with a comment.

> 		Linus

	Jean