Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >  
> > +	ino->u.symlink = cp;
> > +	ino->size = strlen(symname);
> >  	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
> 
> This all seems a bit ungainly.  I assume that on entry to
> autofs4_dir_symlink(), ino->size is equal to strlen(symname)?  If it's
> not, that strcpy() will overrun.
> 
> But if ino->size _is_ equal to strlen(symname) then why did we just
> recalculate the same thing?

Oops.
I've fixed that in my git tree just now.

> 
> I'm suspecting we can zap a lump of code and just do
> 
> 	cp = kstrdup(symname, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Anyway, please check that.

Yep, but fix now re-factor later.

Ian


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