linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: use formatting capability of kthread_create_on

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:35:55 -0700
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Asai Thambi SP <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: use formatting capability of
 kthread_create_on_node

On 11/20/2015 02:46 AM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> kthread_create_on_node takes format+args, so there's no need to do the
> pretty-printing in advance. Moreover, "mtip_svc_thd_99" (including its
> '\0') only just fits in 16 bytes, so if index could ever go above 99
> we'd have a stack buffer overflow.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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