netdev - Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socketfilters

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Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:25:08 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent reading uninitialized memory with socketfilters

Just I thought...

> unsigned int sk_run_filter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock_filter *filter, int flen)
> {
> 	struct sock_filter *fentry;     /* We walk down these */
Can't this be "const struct sock_filter *"?
> (...snipped...)
> 	for (pc = 0; pc < flen; pc++) {
> 		fentry = &filter[pc];
Can't we do
		u32 f_k = fentry->k;
and replace 27 repetition of fentry->k with f_k?
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