Re: [PATCH] tracing: Correct the length check which causes memory corruption
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Wed Jun 09 2021 - 16:56:44 EST
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 1:52 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That said, even though I'm almost done with my tests on this patch, and
> was going to send you a pull request later today, I can hold off and
> have Liangyan send a v2 using struct_size and with the clean ups you
> suggested.
I think the cleanups could be separate. I in no way _hate_ Liangyan's
patch, it's just that when looking at it I just went "that code is
very confusing".
So I'm certainly also ok with just getting that ugly fix, and then
hope for a cleanup later. Maybe with a comment or two.
Thanks,
Linus