Re: [PATCH] clean up missing overflow check in get_blkdev_list

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 14:40:50 EST


On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:48:13PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote:
> Patch to clean up missing overflow check in get_blkdev_list. the printf which
> adds the "Block Devices" string in /proc/devices can overflow the presented page
> if get_chrdev_list eats up the entire 4k space. Tested by myself, with good
> results.

Please switch /proc/device over to the proper seq_file model instead.

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