linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][BUGFIX] param: fix return value handling in param_set

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Message-ID: <87fwnyjck9.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Sun, 29 May 2011 15:03:26 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>,
	"dle-develop\@lists.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][BUGFIX] param: fix return value handling in param_set_*

On Thu, 26 May 2011 19:38:04 -0400, Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com> wrote:
> In STANDARD_PARAM_DEF, param_set_* handles the case in which strtolfn
> returns -EINVAL but it may return -ERANGE. If it returns -ERANGE,
> param_set_* may set uninitialized value to the paramerter. We should handle
> both cases.
> 
> The one of the cases in which strtolfn() returns -ERANGE is following:
> 
>  *Type of module parameter is long
>  *Set the parameter more than LONG_MAX
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>

Thanks, applied.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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