linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] limits.h: add UCHAR_MAX, SCHAR_MAX, and SCHAR

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Message-ID: <ZId96g6rrlist/OA@itl-email>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:19:52 -0400
From:   Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
To:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        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>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] limits.h: add UCHAR_MAX, SCHAR_MAX, and SCHAR_MIN

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 05:31:51PM +0100, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> Hi Demi,
> 
> On 6/10/23 21:40, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> > Some drivers already defined these, and they will be used by sscanf()
> > for overflow checks later.  Also add SSIZE_MIN to limits.h, which will
> > also be needed later.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
> > ---
> >  .../media/atomisp/pci/hive_isp_css_include/platform_support.h  | 1 -
> >  include/linux/limits.h                                         | 1 +
> >  include/linux/mfd/wl1273-core.h                                | 3 ---
> >  include/vdso/limits.h                                          | 3 +++
> >  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/include/vdso/limits.h b/include/vdso/limits.h
> > index 0197888ad0e00b2f853d3f25ffa764f61cca7385..0cad0a2490e5efc194d874025eb3e3b846a5c7b4 100644
> > --- a/include/vdso/limits.h
> > +++ b/include/vdso/limits.h
> > @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
> >  #ifndef __VDSO_LIMITS_H
> >  #define __VDSO_LIMITS_H
> >  
> > +#define UCHAR_MAX	((unsigned char)~0U)
> > +#define SCHAR_MAX	((signed char)(UCHAR_MAX >> 1))
> > +#define SCHAR_MIN	((signed char)(-SCHAR_MAX - 1))
> 
> Are you planning to use those definitions in the vDSO library?

Nope.  They were added here for consistency with the other *_{MIN,MAX}
defines.

> If not can you please define them in linux/limits.h, the vdso headers contain
> only what is necessary for the vDSO library.

Will fix in the next version.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab

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