linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libfs: fix simple_attr

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Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:38:14 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libfs: fix simple_attr_write on 32bit machine

On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 02:00:26PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> Assume that /sys/kernel/debug/dummy64 is debugfs file created by
> debugfs_create_x64().
> 
> 	# cd /sys/kernel/debug
> 	# echo 0x1234567812345678 > dummy64
> 	# cat dummy64
> 	0x0000000012345678
> 
> 	# echo 0x80000000 > dummy64
> 	# cat dummy64
> 	0xffffffff80000000
> 
> The value more than INT_MAX cannot be written to the debugfs file
> created by debugfs_create_u64 or debugfs_create_x64 on 32bit machine.
> Because simple_attr_write() uses simple_strtol() for the conversion.
> 
> To fix this, use simple_strtoll() instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

Do we have any debugfs files that need this change in the tree now for
3.1 or newer?

thanks,

greg k-h
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