Messages in this thread | | | From | Namhyung Kim <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V9 05/14] perf tools: tidy up sample parsing overflow checking | Date | Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:09:00 +0900 |
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On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 19:26:25 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: > The size of data retrieved from a sample event must be > validated to ensure it does not go past the end of the > event. That was being done sporadically and without > considering integer overflows.
Wouldn't it be great if the macro (or something) can do all three things together - checking overflow, getting current value (pointer) and advancing the array to the size? Is that possible?
Thanks, Namhyung
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