From: daw@mozart.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war
Date: 30 Aug 2001 23:33:52 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9mmih0$qvb$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200108302044.f7UKi7c20040@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at> <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010830171614.18406A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>The min() macro is not really used for the mathematical min, anywhere
>I've found it in the kernel. It's used as a whatever_will_fit() macro
>where the writer wanted to prevent a buffer overflow. [...]
>
>I suggest we just leave the damn thing alone and fix any
>bugs found in the normal way, i.e., "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
The problem is that this tends not to work out so well when it
comes to security. Patch-and-pray gets pretty painful after a
while; proactive measures would seem to be called for, if security
is on the line.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-30 23:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 158+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-30 20:44 [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 21:06 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 21:14 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 21:32 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 21:47 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 21:56 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 22:13 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 22:47 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 23:02 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-31 0:08 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 21:49 ` Mark Zealey
2001-08-30 22:06 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 22:14 ` Mark Zealey
2001-08-31 7:04 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 21:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-30 21:45 ` Thomas Dodd
2001-08-30 21:46 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 23:16 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 23:33 ` David Wagner [this message]
2001-08-31 11:18 ` Bernd Schmidt
[not found] <m2bskndlkt.fsf@sympatico.ca>
2001-09-07 17:39 ` Peter T. Breuer
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2001-09-06 1:51 Rick Hohensee
2001-09-06 10:12 ` VDA
2001-09-04 13:17 Petr Vandrovec
2001-09-04 9:09 VDA
2001-09-03 23:16 David desJardins
2001-09-03 20:35 David desJardins
2001-09-04 8:08 ` VDA
[not found] <fa.eeq0k8v.1v28iaa@ifi.uio.no>
2001-08-31 18:40 ` Ted Unangst
2001-08-31 18:29 Andy Chou
2001-08-31 18:52 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 18:24 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 18:13 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 17:41 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 17:57 ` Rik van Riel
[not found] <fa.ehba65v.10i6abc@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.odqvefv.g4k4j6@ifi.uio.no>
2001-08-31 15:45 ` ctm
2001-08-31 16:57 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 14:28 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 14:37 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 14:28 Martin Knoblauch
2001-08-31 2:48 Rick Hohensee
2001-08-31 2:34 Andy Chou
[not found] <20010830174227.A10673@furble>
2001-08-31 1:19 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 2:10 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 7:43 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-08-31 8:27 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
[not found] <791753058.999219857@[169.254.198.40]>
2001-08-31 0:57 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 20:35 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 17:32 mike_phillips
2001-08-30 17:45 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-30 9:56 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 13:09 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] <200108291905.f7TJ59T11456@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at>
2001-08-29 19:11 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-29 1:33 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
[not found] <200108281746.f7SHk1O27199@lists.us.dell.com>
2001-08-28 19:33 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 19:02 ` David Lang
2001-08-28 20:38 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 19:25 ` David Lang
2001-08-28 20:34 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-08-28 20:42 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 21:04 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-08-29 9:03 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] <20010825024248.J8296@router.ranmachan.dyndns.org>
2001-08-25 0:54 ` Brad Chapman
[not found] <20010825021651.I8296@router.ranmachan.dyndns.org>
2001-08-25 0:21 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-24 22:42 Brad Chapman
2001-08-24 23:21 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-24 23:58 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:13 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 0:25 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:34 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 0:53 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 1:15 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 11:21 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-27 0:02 ` Rusty Russell
2001-08-28 4:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 5:20 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-28 5:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 11:10 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-28 14:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 20:06 ` John Alvord
2001-08-28 12:42 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 13:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 14:19 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 15:44 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-08-28 15:55 ` Russell King
2001-08-28 16:05 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-28 16:53 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 16:39 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 21:51 ` Mike Castle
2001-08-29 0:33 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-29 1:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-29 15:42 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-29 16:02 ` David Lang
2001-08-29 23:49 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 2:05 ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2001-08-30 3:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 13:10 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-30 13:17 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 13:26 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-30 16:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 16:28 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-31 12:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-31 13:45 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 16:27 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-30 16:31 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 16:38 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 19:51 ` David Weinehall
2001-08-30 20:16 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 20:31 ` Daniel Phillips
[not found] ` <mit.lcs.mail.linux-kernel/200108301638.SAA04923@nbd.it.uc3m.es>
2001-08-30 22:42 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2001-08-30 23:27 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 0:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 1:28 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 13:22 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 14:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 15:34 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 12:01 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 12:13 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 12:58 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 13:29 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 14:12 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 14:28 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 16:30 ` Roman Zippel
2001-09-07 0:52 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-09-07 7:26 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-09-07 12:28 ` Horst von Brand
2001-09-07 18:03 ` Mark H. Wood
2001-09-07 10:58 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-09-07 14:39 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-09-07 15:17 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 13:49 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-30 16:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 16:41 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-08-30 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 17:13 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 1:28 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-31 5:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 12:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-31 13:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 17:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 17:03 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 17:26 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-31 8:04 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-08-30 21:16 ` Graham Murray
2001-08-30 21:47 ` David Weinehall
2001-08-31 10:10 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] ` <mit.lcs.mail.linux-kernel/m266b51c5c.fsf@barnowl.demon.co.uk>
2001-08-30 22:26 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2001-08-28 16:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-08-28 16:47 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 17:12 ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2001-08-28 17:28 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 17:29 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-26 17:59 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-08-24 23:59 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:07 ` David S. Miller
2001-08-25 0:18 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:23 ` David S. Miller
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