linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/string_helpers: rework overflow-dependent code

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Message-ID: <CAFhGd8r=SA9PxJphzhrU3S0TjMWRe897KcAUkgCrhpFFmMCn_A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:20:20 -0700
From: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/string_helpers: rework overflow-dependent code

On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 8:42 AM Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 6:39 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 2:53 AM Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 02:07:57PM GMT, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > But, we could  do this too:
>
> > > -       while (*src && --size) {
> > > -               if (src[0] == '\\' && src[1] != '\0' && size > 1) {
>
> > This one is worse, I think.
> > Let's take time and not hurry up and think more about better approaches.
>
> Btw, have you played with the "do {} while (size);" approach?

Nope. Although, lots of ideas can work here. We can reorder the logic
any which way, really.

I am happy to send a patch following any idea -- so long as the
overflow-dependent code is gone :)

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko