Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262878AbVCWIof (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:44:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262881AbVCWIof (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:44:35 -0500 Received: from koto.vergenet.net ([210.128.90.7]:50891 "EHLO koto.vergenet.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262878AbVCWIod (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:44:33 -0500 Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:49:35 +0900 From: Horms To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Subject: [PATCH] Fix sign checks in copy_from_read_buf() in 2.4 Message-ID: <20050323074931.GA3092@verge.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Cluestick: seven User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 881 Lines: 30 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 ===== 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/