linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10 which express the maximize size of "%d" or "%u".

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Message-ID: <1380987671.2081.122.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:41:11 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/irq/proc.c: set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10
 which express the maximize size of "%d" or "%u".

On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 23:19 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> Theoretically, the maximize size of "%d" or "%u" is 11 (10 + '\0'), so
> need set MAX_NAMELEN 11 instead of 10.

%d can be negative.


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