From: Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix sign checks in copy_from_read_buf() in 2.4
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:49:35 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050323074931.GA3092@verge.net.au> (raw)
Applologies if this is already pending, but the signdness fix for
copy_from_read_buf() in 2.6 seems to be needed for 2.4 as well.
This relates to the bugs reported in this document
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html
--
Horms
Backport of copy_from_read_buf() signedness fix from 2.6
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
===== drivers/char/n_tty.c 1.7 vs edited =====
--- 1.7/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2004-12-16 22:57:23 +09:00
+++ edited/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2005-03-23 13:08:37 +09:00
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@
{
int retval;
- ssize_t n;
+ size_t n;
unsigned long flags;
retval = 0;
next reply other threads:[~2005-03-23 8:44 UTC|newest]
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2005-03-23 7:49 Horms [this message]
2005-03-23 8:49 ` [PATCH] Fix sign checks in copy_from_read_buf() in 2.4 Marcelo Tosatti
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