linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/kstrtox.c clean kstrtoll function

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Date:	Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:30:32 -0600
From:	Jeff Epler <jepler@...ythonic.net>
To:	Anshul Garg <aksgarg1989@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"anshul.g@...sung.com" <anshul.g@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/kstrtox.c clean kstrtoll function


On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 06:55:36PM +0530, Anshul Garg wrote:
> if (((long long)tmp < LLONG_MIN) || ((long long)tmp > LLONG_MAX) )
> + return -ERANGE;

This proposed code is still wrong (-ERANGE can never be returned by this
statement).  It may be best to leave the code alone, rather than propose
more untested alternatives.

Jeff
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