linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Always check length of all iov entries in blk_rq_map_user

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Message-ID: <4EC01306.5030208@kernel.dk>
Date:	Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:57:10 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>,
	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Always check length of all iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov()

On 2011-11-13 19:55, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Even after commit 5478755616ae2ef1ce144dded589b62b2a50d575
> ("block: check for proper length of iov entries earlier ...")
> we still won't check for zero-length entries after an unaligned
> entry.  Remove the break-statement, so all entries are checked.

Thanks, that is an oversight. Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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