linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] HSI: hsi_char: Remove max_data

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Message-Id: <1334837127-12931-6-git-send-email-carlos.chinea@nokia.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:05:26 +0300
From:	Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com, shubhrajyoti@...com
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] HSI: hsi_char: Remove max_data_size from sysfs

Remove max_data_size sysfs entry. Otherwise is possible
to have a buffer overrun if its value is increased after
the device is open.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Chinea <carlos.chinea@...ia.com>
---
 drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
index 88a050d..3ad91f6 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/clients/hsi_char.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct hsc_client_data {
 static unsigned int hsc_major;
 /* Maximum buffer size that hsi_char will accept from userspace */
 static unsigned int max_data_size = 0x1000;
-module_param(max_data_size, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+module_param(max_data_size, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_data_size, "max read/write data size [4,8..65536] (^2)");
 
 static void hsc_add_tail(struct hsc_channel *channel, struct hsi_msg *msg,
-- 
1.7.5.4

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