linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix size argument to memset call in nfsacl

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Date:	Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:41:05 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
cc:	Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	bfields@...ldses.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix size argument to memset call in nfsacl_encode

On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 20:15 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: 
> > We want to give memset() the sizeof(struct posix_acl), not
> > sizeof(struct posix_acl *).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> > ---
> >  nfsacl.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
> > index 84c27d6..bc6d81b 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
> > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode,
> >  		 * invoked in contexts where a memory allocation failure is
> >  		 * fatal.  Fortunately this fake ACL is small enough to
> >  		 * construct on the stack. */
> > -		memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(acl2));
> > +		memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(*acl2));
> >  		posix_acl_init(acl2, 4);
> >  
> >  		/* Insert entries in canonical order: other orders seem
> 
> Ccing Milton Miller who also sent in the same patch.
> 
> Neither patch is correct afaics. posix_acl_init() will clobber the above
> memset, and so the correct fix is just to get rid of it...
> 

posix_acl_init() sets a_refcount and a_count, but what about a_entries ... 
no problem, nfsacl_encode() itself takes care of that post the 
posix_acl_init() call.. it's all good.

So ...


Remove pointless memset() in nfsacl_encode().

Thanks to Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> for pointing out 
that it is not needed since posix_acl_init() will set everything 
regardless..

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 nfsacl.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
index 84c27d6..ec0f277 100644
--- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ int nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode,
 		 * invoked in contexts where a memory allocation failure is
 		 * fatal.  Fortunately this fake ACL is small enough to
 		 * construct on the stack. */
-		memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(acl2));
 		posix_acl_init(acl2, 4);
 
 		/* Insert entries in canonical order: other orders seem


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