Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/6] bpf: Add a bpf_snprintf helper

From: Florent Revest
Date: Wed Apr 14 2021 - 14:30:52 EST


Hey Geert! :)

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:02 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:41 AM Andrii Nakryiko
> <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 8:38 AM Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > + fmt = (char *)fmt_addr + fmt_map_off;
> > > +
> >
> > bot complained about lack of (long) cast before fmt_addr, please address
>
> (uintptr_t), I assume?

(uintptr_t) seems more correct to me as well. However, I just had a
look at the rest of verifier.c and (long) casts are already used
pretty much everywhere whereas uintptr_t isn't used yet.
I'll send a v4 with a long cast for the sake of consistency with the
rest of the verifier.