Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:49:35 +0900 | From | Horms <> | Subject | [PATCH] Fix sign checks in copy_from_read_buf() in 2.4 |
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Applologies if this is already pending, but the signdness fix for copy_from_read_buf() in 2.6 seems to be needed for 2.4 as well.
This relates to the bugs reported in this document http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html
-- Horms
Backport of copy_from_read_buf() signedness fix from 2.6
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
===== drivers/char/n_tty.c 1.7 vs edited ===== --- 1.7/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2004-12-16 22:57:23 +09:00 +++ edited/drivers/char/n_tty.c 2005-03-23 13:08:37 +09:00 @@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ { int retval; - ssize_t n; + size_t n; unsigned long flags; retval = 0; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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