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From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10 which express the maximize size of "%d" or "%u".
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 23:21:05 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52502E61.5000307@asianux.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52502E14.5040507@asianux.com>

Hello Al Viro:

Is this patch correct?  ;-)

Thanks.

On 10/05/2013 11:19 PM, Chen Gang wrote:
> Theoretically, the maximize size of "%d" or "%u" is 11 (10 + '\0'), so
> need set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10.
> 
> In real world, it may not cause issue, but still recommend to fix this
> 'theoretical' bug (especially original definition already considered
> about 'theoretical' using).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>
> ---
>  kernel/irq/proc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/proc.c b/kernel/irq/proc.c
> index 36f6ee1..4e9a9ee 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/proc.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/proc.c
> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void register_handler_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
>  
>  #undef MAX_NAMELEN
>  
> -#define MAX_NAMELEN 10
> +#define MAX_NAMELEN 11
>  
>  void register_irq_proc(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc)
>  {
> 


-- 
Chen Gang

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-05 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-05 15:19 [PATCH] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10 which express the maximize size of "%d" or "%u" Chen Gang
2013-10-05 15:21 ` Chen Gang [this message]
2013-10-05 15:41 ` Joe Perches
2013-10-05 15:46   ` Chen Gang
2013-10-05 16:08     ` Richard Weinberger
2013-10-05 16:50       ` Chen Gang
2013-10-05 17:06         ` Chen Gang
2013-10-05 17:45           ` Richard Weinberger
2013-10-06  0:37             ` Chen Gang
2013-10-06 15:57               ` Chen Gang
2013-10-07 10:47                 ` [PATCH v2] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10 and use "%u" instead of "%d" for printing 'irq' Chen Gang

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