linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sysctl: use min() helper for namecmp()

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Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:47:09 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sysctl: use min() helper for namecmp()

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 04:44:22PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> (CC: Andrew Morton)
> 
> A friendly reminder.
> 
> 
> This is just a minor clean-up.
> 
> If nobody picks it up,
> I hope perhaps Andrew Morton will do.
> 
> This patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1360092/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:33 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Make it slightly readable by using min().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Feel free to take this via your tree Masahiro. Thanks!

-Kees

> > ---
> >
> >  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 7 +------
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > index 317899222d7f..86341c0f0c40 100644
> > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > @@ -94,14 +94,9 @@ static void sysctl_print_dir(struct ctl_dir *dir)
> >
> >  static int namecmp(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2)
> >  {
> > -       int minlen;
> >         int cmp;
> >
> > -       minlen = len1;
> > -       if (minlen > len2)
> > -               minlen = len2;
> > -
> > -       cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, minlen);
> > +       cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, min(len1, len2));
> >         if (cmp == 0)
> >                 cmp = len1 - len2;
> >         return cmp;
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

-- 
Kees Cook

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook