Re: [PATCH 1/2] pipe: fix potential use-after-free in pipe_read()

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 08:05:45 EST


On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 02:13:44PM +0800, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
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> On 2021/11/15 12:25, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 11:57:20AM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
> >> if (!buf->len) {
> >> + unsigned int __maybe_unused flags = buf->flags;
> >
> > Why __maybe_unused?
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> It's used only if "#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE". Otherwise, a warning will be reported.

Better to turn the #ifdef into if (IS_ENABLED())