Re: [ 08/31] use clamp_t in UNAME26 fix

[Jonathan Nieder]

Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 05:11:19PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

>>>  		v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 40;
>>> -		copy = min(sizeof(buf), max_t(size_t, 1, len));
>>> +		copy = clamp_t(size_t, len, 1, sizeof(buf));
>>>  		copy = scnprintf(buf, copy, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
>>
>> Does this have any effect at runtime?  If not, why is it needed for
>> stable kernels?
>
> It's a bugfix for the previous patch in this area, fixing the build
> warning.  I don't like adding stable patches that add new warnings :)

Ok, that's fair.  Thanks for explaining.

Jonathan
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