linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:18:19 +0800
From:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	miklos@...redi.hu, jesper@...gh.cc, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, jmoyer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4


On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >  
> > +	ino->u.symlink = cp;
> > +	ino->size = strlen(symname);
> >  	dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
> 
> This all seems a bit ungainly.  I assume that on entry to
> autofs4_dir_symlink(), ino->size is equal to strlen(symname)?  If it's
> not, that strcpy() will overrun.
> 
> But if ino->size _is_ equal to strlen(symname) then why did we just
> recalculate the same thing?

Oops.
I've fixed that in my git tree just now.

> 
> I'm suspecting we can zap a lump of code and just do
> 
> 	cp = kstrdup(symname, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> Anyway, please check that.

Yep, but fix now re-factor later.

Ian


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