Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:50:34 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-rc2-mm2 5/7] v9fs: 9P protocol implementation (2.0.2) |
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> +static inline void buf_check_size(struct cbuf *buf, int len) > +{ > + if (buf->p+len > buf->ep) { > + if (buf->p < buf->ep) { > + eprintk(KERN_ERR, "buffer overflow\n"); > + buf->p = buf->ep + 1; > + } > + } > +}
"handling" a buffer overflow with a printk doesn't seem appopinquate. In what cases can this happen and what problems may it cause?
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