Re: [PATCH] Expose range-checking functions from arch-specific uaccess.h

2007-04-03 Thread Rusty Russell
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 20:22 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > +/** > > + * val_outside - is a value and length past a limit? > > + * @val: the start value > > + * @len: the length from the start > > + * @limit: the first invalid value > > + * > > + * Like val + len > limit, except with overflow checki

Re: [PATCH] Expose range-checking functions from arch-specific uaccess.h

2007-04-03 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:28:38 +1000 Rusty Russell wrote: > lguest wants range checking, but unless there are other users I'm not > sure this is worth the pain. Putting it out there in case it's useful. > > Cheers, > Rusty. > == > There are some places where we want to check if a value + length is