linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] LZO de/compression support

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Date:	Wed, 23 May 2007 15:10:03 +0100
From:	Michael-Luke Jones <mlj28@....ac.uk>
To:	Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Richard Purdie" <richard@...nedhand.com>, linux-mm-cc@...top.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] LZO de/compression support - take 3

On 23 May 2007, at 15:03, Nitin Gupta wrote:

>> Perhaps a rename is in order:
>> lzo1x_decompress() => lzo1x_decompress_unsafe()
>> lzo1x_decompress_safe => lzo1x_decompress()
>
> Or perhaps make reiserfs use _safe() instead - I think Richard has
> already submitted patch for same.

If someone's already made this mistake once, then it'll happen again.  
In-kernel memory corruption is no fun.

Safe/Secure == Default

Michael-Luke

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