linux-kernel - Re: bug in sscanf()?

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:52:30 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: bug in sscanf()?

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 02:47:26AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> have now.  Something like [completely untested]

And untested it certainly is - at least three missing breaks in there:

> 		case 'H':
> 			STORE(signed char, unsigned char);
> 			break;
> 		case 'h':
> 			STORE(short, unsigned short);
> 			break;
> 		case 'l':
> 			STORE(long, unsigned long);
			break;
> 		case 'L':
> 		case 'j':
> 			STORE(long long, unsigned long long);
			break;
> 		case 'z':
> 		case 'Z':
> 			STORE(long, size_t);
			break;
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