linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: timers -- Test for potential index overflow

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Message-ID: <20181221202808.GB8441@uranus>
Date:   Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:28:08 +0300
From:   Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrey Vagin <avagin@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs/proc: timers -- Test for potential index overflow

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 02:31:53PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> When showing timer's notify symbolic name make sure we never fetch a value
> sitting outside of the names array. Though the former issue displaying
> timer->it_sigev_notify has been fixed by Thomas in commit cef31d9af9082434,
> better to make sure we won't hit it again on furher modifications.
> 
> v2: Use explicit index overflow test (by tglx@). Since
>     it should never happen add warn-once to notify.
> 
> Cc: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>

Seems the patch is lost due to other duties. Guys, should
I resend it or there some objections?