Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:46:53 -0500 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: [patch 04/13] param_sysfs_builtin memchr argument fix |
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On 11/15/2007 12:58 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:11:59AM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: >> On 11/15/2007 01:09 AM, Greg KH wrote: >>> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. >>> >>> ------------------ >>> From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> >>> >>> patch faf8c714f4508207a9c81cc94dafc76ed6680b44 in mainline. >>> >>> If memchr argument is longer than strlen(kp->name), there will be some >>> weird result. >>> >>> It will casuse duplicate filenames in sysfs for the "nousb". kernel >>> warning messages are as bellow: >>> >> Needs an additional fix: >> >> Commit: 22800a2830ec07e7cc5c837999890ac47cc7f5de >> fix param_sysfs_builtin name length check > > That just went in yesterday, right? If so, it will have to wait until > the next -stable review cycle, unless it's totally broken without that > change. > > Is it? >
Yeah, pretty much AFAICT. Maybe Jan can say exactly what happened, but it looks like the patch would cause more problems than it solves.
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