linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/1] igb: Use ARRAY

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CALCkm3cBn0O8+pZc+WW0QiAPf7X3vYo+CAe08OBssyidof3few@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:38:19 -0700
From:	Alex Gartrell <alexgartrell@...il.com>
To:	"Fujinaka, Todd" <todd.fujinaka@...el.com>
Cc:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@...sung.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@...el.com>,
	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"Vick, Matthew" <matthew.vick@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"pankaj.m@...sung.com" <pankaj.m@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/1] igb: Use ARRAY_SIZE instead fo sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0])

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Fujinaka, Todd <todd.fujinaka@...el.com> wrote:

> I still would say no if I'm allowed, because to guarantee that this change - that I don't think fixes anything - works in all cases, we need to do an incredible amount of regression testing. Every variant of every Intel part that uses this driver (and there are many) should be tested and will end up being used by the community.
>

Validation is really simple: diff old_module.ko new_module.ko

And this is a good defensive measure, as it'll save you when someone
screws up and changes your array to a pointer to an array (you'll get
a build failure instead of 0).

-- 
Alex Gartrell <agartrell@...com>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/