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From: Joe Perches <joe-6d6DIl74uiNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
To: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [WEXT 3/12]: Extract standard call iw_point handling into seperate function.
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:22:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1198308172.4895.11.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071221.205407.165162566.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 20:54 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> [WEXT]: Extract standard call iw_point handling into seperate function.

This potentially does copy_from_user twice,
first to the stack, second to a kmalloc'ed area.
Perhaps it's better to kmalloc first and copy once?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-22  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-22  4:54 [WEXT 3/12]: Extract standard call iw_point handling into seperate function David Miller
     [not found] ` <20071221.205407.165162566.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-12-22  7:22   ` Joe Perches [this message]
2007-12-25  5:18     ` David Miller

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