Re: [suggestion] drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy: the parameter 'const char *buf' may be not '\0' base string for DINFO

[Chen Gang F T <chen.gang.flying.transformer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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  oh, sorry, it is my fault.

  according to fill_write_buffer in fs/sysfs/file.c,
    we can assume that 'const char *buf' must be '\0' based string.

  please skip this suggestion.


gchen.

于 2013年01月20日 18:05, Chen Gang 写道:
> Hello Stanislaw, John
> 
>   we can not assume that the parameter 'const char *buf' is '\0' base string.
>   and DINOF uses '%s' for buf (in line 3288..3289)
>   so it will cause issue.
> 
>   I am not quite familiar with the detail features.
>   so I send mail as a suggestion.
>   please help checking, if this suggestion is valid, please help fixing, thanks.
> 
>   Regards
> 
> gchen.
> 
> 3260 static ssize_t
> 3261 il3945_store_measurement(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
> 3262                          const char *buf, size_t count)
> 3263 {
> 3264         struct il_priv *il = dev_get_drvdata(d);
> 3265         struct ieee80211_measurement_params params = {
> 3266                 .channel = le16_to_cpu(il->active.channel),
> 3267                 .start_time = cpu_to_le64(il->_3945.last_tsf),
> 3268                 .duration = cpu_to_le16(1),
> 3269         };
> 3270         u8 type = IL_MEASURE_BASIC;
> 3271         u8 buffer[32];
> 3272         u8 channel;
> 3273 
> 3274         if (count) {
> 3275                 char *p = buffer;
> 3276                 strlcpy(buffer, buf, min(sizeof(buffer), count));
> 3277                 channel = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 0);
> 3278                 if (channel)
> 3279                         params.channel = channel;
> 3280 
> 3281                 p = buffer;
> 3282                 while (*p && *p != ' ')
> 3283                         p++;
> 3284                 if (*p)
> 3285                         type = simple_strtoul(p + 1, NULL, 0);
> 3286         }
> 3287 
> 3288         D_INFO("Invoking measurement of type %d on " "channel %d (for '%s')\n",
> 3289                type, params.channel, buf);
> 3290         il3945_get_measurement(il, &params, type);
> 3291 
> 3292         return count;
> 3293 }
> 3294 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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