Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10 whichexpress the maximize size of "%d" or "%u".

From: Chen Gang
Date: Sat Oct 05 2013 - 12:52:07 EST


On 10/06/2013 12:08 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10/05/2013 11:41 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:19 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>> Theoretically, the maximize size of "%d" or "%u" is 11 (10 + '\0'), so
>>>> need set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10.
>>>
>>> %d can be negative.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh, really, it is incorrect. Al Viro succeeds once. :-(
>>
>> And I should send patch v2 for it.
>
> irq is in both register_irq_proc() and unregister_irq_proc() an unsigned int.
> Therefore %d makes not really sense. Both should use %u.
> IMHO sprintf() should also get replaced by snprintf() but that's a
> matter of taste.
>

OK, thanks. your opinions sounds more reasonable to me.

After 1 day (if no additional reply), I should send patch v2 for it.


Thanks
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Chen Gang
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