linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Make sscanf() stricter

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Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:34:36 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Make sscanf() stricter

On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 04:40:40PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> Roger Pau Monné suggested making xenbus_scanf() stricter instead of
> using a custom parser.  Christoph Hellwig asked why the normal vsscanf()
> cannot be made stricter.  Richard Weinberger mentioned Linus Torvalds’s
> suggestion of using ! to allow overflow.

As Rasmus articulated, NAK w.o. test cases being added to all parts where your
changes touch.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko