linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/kstrtox.c clean kstrtoll function

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:25:02 -0600
From:	Jeff Epler <jepler@...ythonic.net>
To:	Anshul Garg <aksgarg1989@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, levex@...ux.com,
	felipe.contreras@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	anshul.g@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/kstrtox.c clean kstrtoll function

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 05:54:10AM -0800, Anshul Garg wrote:
> -		if ((long long)(-tmp) >= 0)
> -			return -ERANGE;
> -		*res = -tmp;
...
> +	if ((long long)tmp < 0)
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +	*res = sign * tmp;

I don't believe overflow handling is correct anymore with this patch.
Did you try with the input as the most negative possible unsigned long?

Jeff
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