Re: [PATCH v5 06/12] seq_buf: Add seq_buf_strlen()

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:11:27 +0200
Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Agree.
> 
> But still, a better design would do:
> 
> 	static inline void
> 	seq_buf_set_overflow(struct seq_buf *s)
> 	{
> 		s->p = NULL;
> 	}
> 
> This is way more robust, and also easier to understand.  My head is
> boiling when trying to review this patch set for correctness.  That's
> not a good sign.

But that loses all data. We still want access to what was written.

-- Steve