linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] remove all uses of printf's %n

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Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:28:21 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Motohiro KOSAKI <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] remove all uses of printf's %n

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
> George Spelvin wrote:
>> >>   seq_setwidth(m, 21);
>> >>   seq_printf(m, "%s%d", con->name, con->index);
>> >>   seq_pad(m, '\n');
>>
>> > Ooh, I like this a lot! Much cleaner.
>>
>> That's certainly a good way to do it, too.
>> My "general principles" filter thinks it should be in a local variable
>> if it can, but if hiding it in the struct seq_file is fine if people
>> find that cleaner.
>
> I think the good point of seq_file is that users don't need to worry about
> length calculation for overflow detection. This patch helps users to simplify
> length calculation for alignment. I think this approach is better if adding
> a size_t to the seq_file is acceptable.
>
> So, the patch follows.
> ----------------------------------------
> >From 02b28fd709971f71e5de9a5b595ff4fd059028b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:23:17 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] seq_file: Introduce seq_setwidth() and seq_pad()
>
> There are several users who want to know bytes written by seq_*() for alignment
> purpose. Currently they are using %n format for knowing it because seq_*()
> returns 0 on success.
>
> This patch introduces seq_setwidth() and seq_pad() for allowing them to align
> without using %n format.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>

This really feels like a clean solution to me.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  fs/seq_file.c            |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/seq_file.h |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
> index 3135c25..40e471e 100644
> --- a/fs/seq_file.c
> +++ b/fs/seq_file.c
> @@ -764,6 +764,21 @@ int seq_write(struct seq_file *seq, const void *data, size_t len)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_write);
>
> +/**
> + * seq_pad - write padding spaces to buffer
> + * @m: seq_file identifying the buffer to which data should be written
> + * @c: the byte to append after padding if non-zero
> + */
> +void seq_pad(struct seq_file *m, char c)
> +{
> +       int size = m->pad_until - m->count;
> +       if (size > 0)
> +               seq_printf(m, "%*s", size, "");
> +       if (c)
> +               seq_putc(m, c);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_pad);
> +
>  struct list_head *seq_list_start(struct list_head *head, loff_t pos)
>  {
>         struct list_head *lh;
> diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
> index 4e32edc..52e0097 100644
> --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
> +++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct seq_file {
>         size_t size;
>         size_t from;
>         size_t count;
> +       size_t pad_until;
>         loff_t index;
>         loff_t read_pos;
>         u64 version;
> @@ -79,6 +80,20 @@ static inline void seq_commit(struct seq_file *m, int num)
>         }
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * seq_setwidth - set padding width
> + * @m: the seq_file handle
> + * @size: the max number of bytes to pad.
> + *
> + * Call seq_setwidth() for setting max width, then call seq_printf() etc. and
> + * finally call seq_pad() to pad the remaining bytes.
> + */
> +static inline void seq_setwidth(struct seq_file *m, size_t size)
> +{
> +       m->pad_until = m->count + size;
> +}
> +void seq_pad(struct seq_file *m, char c);
> +
>  char *mangle_path(char *s, const char *p, const char *esc);
>  int seq_open(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *);
>  ssize_t seq_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
> --
> 1.7.1



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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