On 07/08/13 11:54, Namhyung Kim wrote: > On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:19:32 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: >> On 07/08/13 11:09, Namhyung Kim wrote: >>> 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? >> >> Macros are not the answer to everything. > > Right. > > But I was seeing repeating patterns of the three.. so I asked if there's > a better alternative.
This patch fixes bugs. Changing the code layout is a separate patch. I am not going to do that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
