linux-kernel - Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in configfs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:29:01 -0700
From:	Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@...ibm.com>
To:	Paul Jackson <pj@....com>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, menage@...gle.com,
	matthltc@...ibm.com, ckrm-tech@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [ckrm-tech] [PATCH 0/5] Allow more than PAGESIZE data read in
	configfs

On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 13:32 -0700, Paul Jackson wrote:

<snip>

> Chandra - I haven't looked at seq file lately - could a user of it
> such as configfs impose a length limit of its choosing, building on

Quick look at the seq_file interfaces shows there is no such capability.
(disclaimer: I am no expert of seq_file :)

> your patch, without pushing the number of lines of code back above
> where it started?
> 
> Perhaps, say, we would let the callback routines could push stuff into
> a seq file without small limits, but then the configfs code could
> truncate that output to a limit of its choosing.  This would impose a
> length limit, safely.
> 
-- 

----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Chandra Seetharaman               | Be careful what you choose....
              - sekharan@...ibm.com   |      .......you may get it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/