From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
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: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 18:07:09 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E17Emrt-0000dp-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jun 2002 04:01:10 -0300." <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br>
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)
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.)
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-03 8:03 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 [this message]
2002-06-02 8:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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