linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/2] bsearch: fix overflow and avoid unnecessary calculation

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Message-Id: <cover.1257778258.git.andre.goddard@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon,  9 Nov 2009 13:42:29 -0200
From:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
To:	tabbott@...lice.com, alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/2] bsearch: fix overflow and avoid unnecessary calculation

Fix a rare overflow situation which can occur when working with large arrays.
Also, remove an unneeded calculation.

changelog:
    v3: fix the comment/example of patch 02/02 at v2 patch series
    v2: fix a bug introduced into 01/02 of the v1 patch series
    v1: initial submission

André Goddard Rosa (2):
  bsearch: avoid unneeded decrement arithmetic
  bsearch: prevent overflow when computing middle comparison element

 lib/bsearch.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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