linux-kernel - Re: [UPDATED PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted bad_inode

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:38:56 -0800
From:	Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch@...oth.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [UPDATED PATCH] fix memory corruption from misinterpreted bad_inode_ops return values

Al Viro wrote:
> At least 3 versions, unless you want to mess with ifdefs to reduce them to
> two.

I don't think you need to do fancy #ifdef's:

static s32 return_eio_32(void) { return -EIO; }
static s64 return_eio_64(void) { return -EIO; }
extern void return_eio_unknown(void);   /* Doesn't exist */
#define return_eio(type)        ((sizeof(type) == 4)			\
					? ((void *) return_eio_32)	\
				: ((sizeof(type) == 8)			\
					? ((void *) return_eio_64)	\
					: ((void *) return_eio_unknown)))

-Mitch
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