netdev - Re: [Suggestion] net/atm : for sprintf, need check the total write length whether larger than a page.

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Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2012 09:08:55 -0500
From:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
To:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Suggestion] net/atm : for sprintf, need check the total write
 length whether larger than a page.

On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:15:10 +0800
Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com> wrote:

> 于 2012年12月05日 22:55, chas williams - CONTRACTOR 写道:

> > did you mean '\0' instead of '\n'?  scnprintf() considers the trailing
> > '\0' when formatting.
> 
>   no, originally, the end is "\n\0".
> 
>   I prefer we still compatible "\n" when the contents are very large.
>   if count already == (PAGE_SIZE - 1), we have no chance to append "\n" to the end.
> 
> -		pos += sprintf(pos, "\n");
> +		count += scnprintf(buf + count, PAGE_SIZE - count, "\n");

i would make the code a bit messy to do this for not much gain.  again,
it isnt likely you would run into this in a normal situation.
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