Re: [patch 2/2] track and print last unloaded module in the oopstrace

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 11:19:24 EST



* DM <dm.n9107@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2008 3:26 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why use sprintf? If a module name contains the % character we could
> > > overflow the buffer. Or is module-unloading root-only and we don't
> > > care?
> >
> > module loading isn't just root only; the name comes from an already loaded module.
> > If you can load kernel modules of your choice you own the entire kernel already anway
> >
>
> Still, strcpy seems like a better choice IMHO.

agreed, this just isnt obvious IMO:

+ sprintf(last_unloaded_module, mod->name);

Ingo
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