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From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: Wenchao Xia <xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, aliguori@us.ibm.com, stefanha@gmail.com,
	qemu-devel@nongnu.org, blauwirbel@gmail.com, pbonzini@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 2/6] libqblock type and structure defines
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:12:47 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <504EBA3F.9010506@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <504EAF55.7020802@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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On 09/10/2012 09:26 PM, Wenchao Xia wrote:

>>> +#define QB_ERR_STRING_SIZE (1024)
>>> +struct QBroker {
>>> +    /* last error */
>>> +    char err_msg[QB_ERR_STRING_SIZE];
>>
>> Is this fixed-width struct going to bite us in the future?  Suppose I
>> pass in a file name that is already 1000 bytes long; it seems like I
>> might be able to get you to overflow this buffer if your error message
>> includes the name of my offending file.
>>
>   Yes it will, thanks for mention me. The resource will always have a
> limit, I guess I can just increase the size to 4k to solve the issue.

A 4k limit is still an easily reachable limit.  PATH_MAX is typically
4k, and it is quite possible to create and access files in a hierarchy
so deep that they are longer than PATH_MAX.  I still think you are
better off malloc'ing a pointer than trying to claim a fixed width field
solves all possible messages.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-11  4:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-10  8:26 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 0/6] libqblock, qemu block layer library Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 1/6] libqblock API design Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10 21:07   ` Eric Blake
2012-09-11  3:16     ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-14  2:03       ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-11 20:28   ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-12  2:54     ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-12  8:19     ` Kevin Wolf
2012-09-12  9:21       ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-14 19:08       ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 2/6] libqblock type and structure defines Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10 21:27   ` Eric Blake
2012-09-11  3:26     ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-11  4:12       ` Eric Blake [this message]
2012-09-11 20:31   ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-11 22:52     ` Eric Blake
2012-09-12  3:05       ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-12 12:59         ` Eric Blake
2012-09-13  3:24           ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-13  3:33             ` Eric Blake
2012-09-13  3:49               ` Eric Blake
2012-09-14 18:11                 ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-17  2:23                   ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-17 19:08                     ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-14 18:02       ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 3/6] libqblock error handling Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10 21:33   ` Eric Blake
2012-09-11  4:36     ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-11 20:32   ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-12  2:58     ` Wenchao Xia
2012-09-14 17:09       ` Blue Swirl
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 4/6] libqblock export some qemu block function Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 5/6] libqblock building system Wenchao Xia
2012-09-10  8:26 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V2 6/6] libqblock test example Wenchao Xia

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