linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools lib symbol: Use strtoul instead of hex2u64 in kallsyms_

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:27:06 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools lib symbol: Use strtoul instead of hex2u64 in kallsyms__parse

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:
>> Current kallsyms__parse uses hex2u64, which gives
>> no indication of error. Using strtoul to checkup
>> on failed attempt to parse the number and stop the
>> rest of the kallsyms__parse processing early.
>
>> +               start = strtoul(line, &endptr, 16);
>> +               if (line == endptr)
>> +                       continue;
>> +
>> +               len = endptr - line + 1;
>>
>> -               len++;
>>                 if (len + 2 >= line_len)
>>                         continue;
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/4087681/

Even second attempt including recent ping left without consideration.

http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1407.0/02791.html

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko