Re: [PATCH] sysctl: terminate strings also on \r

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:39:09 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I wonder if the chances of damage would be lower if we were to continue
> > to accept the \r, but turn it into something else ("\r"?) when it is
> > read.
> 
> I think that would complicate things more than help them.

Why.

> If there's a
> legit use of \r, I'll let Paul Wise debate how to proceed. :)

I don't know who Paul is.  Please take this seriously; we don't want to
have to revert this after breaking a bunch of people's setups.

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