Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:29:55 -0600 | From | Todd Inglett <> | Subject | Re: proc_file_read() hack? |
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Thomas Hood wrote:
>>If that is true I am wondering how it could possibly be correct >>since start will be used as a length which is greater than the >>size of the page. >> > > start will be used as an offset, not as a length. > > If you think the hack was a bad idea, I agree with you. > But we can't change it without auditing all the proc read > functions that use case #1.
Ahh...thanks for taking the trouble to answer all these questions :). I obviously wasn't paying attention enough to see that start was *not* used as a length. Sigh. Anyway, yes I agree we cannot patch this without some serious review and I'm not going to volunteer today :).
-todd
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