linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-mm1 -- ieee80211: Info elem: parse failed: info_element->len + 2 > left : info

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Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:15:18 +0200
From:	Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	James Ketrenos <jketreno@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@...hut.fi>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-mm1 -- ieee80211: Info elem: parse failed: info_element->len + 2 > left : info_element->len+2=28 left=9, id=221.

On Thursday 28 September 2006 00:58, James Ketrenos wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:47:18 -0700
> > James Ketrenos <jketreno@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> +static int snprint_line(char *buf, size_t count,
> >> +			const u8 * data, u32 len, u32 ofs)
> >> +{
> >> +	int out, i, j, l;
> >> +	char c;
> >> +
> >> +	out = snprintf(buf, count, "%08X", ofs);
> >> +
> >> +	for (l = 0, i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
> >> +		out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
> >> +		for (j = 0; j < 8 && l < len; j++, l++)
> >> +			out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, "%02X ",
> >> +					data[(i * 8 + j)]);
> >> +		for (; j < 8; j++)
> >> +			out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, "   ");
> >> +	}

Dumping this will slow things down,
there will be a lot of calls to snprinf.
Consider making it a bit less slow by handling
full 16-byte lines a bit faster, like:

	if (len >= 16) {
		printk( "%02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X  "
			"%02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X ",
			ptr[0], ptr[1], ptr[2], ptr[3],
			ptr[4], ptr[5], ptr[6], ptr[7],
			ptr[8], ptr[9], ptr[10], ptr[11],
			ptr[12], ptr[13], ptr[14], ptr[15]);
		num -= 16;
		ptr += 16;
	}

Just my 0.02 euros
--
vda
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