Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756749Ab1BCUHP (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:07:15 -0500 Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]:11243 "EHLO mx2.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756342Ab1BCUHN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:07:13 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,421,1291622400"; d="scan'208";a="513980237" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix size argument to memset call in nfsacl_encode From: Trond Myklebust To: Chuck Lever Cc: Jesper Juhl , Milton Miller , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Neil Brown , bfields@fieldses.org In-Reply-To: <705C97E5-E273-45AA-9714-2BF409DE1322@oracle.com> References: <1296761330.3015.22.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <705C97E5-E273-45AA-9714-2BF409DE1322@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Organization: NetApp Inc Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:06:54 -0500 Message-ID: <1296763614.3015.26.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 (2.32.1-1.fc14) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Feb 2011 20:06:57.0393 (UTC) FILETIME=[E8F7BE10:01CBC3DD] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3115 Lines: 85 On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 15:00 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote: > On Feb 3, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 20:15 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > >>> We want to give memset() the sizeof(struct posix_acl), not > >>> sizeof(struct posix_acl *). > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl > >>> --- > >>> nfsacl.c | 2 +- > >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > >>> index 84c27d6..bc6d81b 100644 > >>> --- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > >>> +++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > >>> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode, > >>> * invoked in contexts where a memory allocation failure is > >>> * fatal. Fortunately this fake ACL is small enough to > >>> * construct on the stack. */ > >>> - memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(acl2)); > >>> + memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(*acl2)); > >>> posix_acl_init(acl2, 4); > >>> > >>> /* Insert entries in canonical order: other orders seem > >> > >> Ccing Milton Miller who also sent in the same patch. > >> > >> Neither patch is correct afaics. posix_acl_init() will clobber the above > >> memset, and so the correct fix is just to get rid of it... > >> > > > > posix_acl_init() sets a_refcount and a_count, but what about a_entries ... > > no problem, nfsacl_encode() itself takes care of that post the > > posix_acl_init() call.. it's all good. > > > > So ... > > > > > > Remove pointless memset() in nfsacl_encode(). > > > > Thanks to Trond Myklebust for pointing out > > that it is not needed since posix_acl_init() will set everything > > regardless.. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl > > --- > > nfsacl.c | 1 - > > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > > index 84c27d6..ec0f277 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c > > @@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ int nfsacl_encode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, struct inode *inode, > > * invoked in contexts where a memory allocation failure is > > * fatal. Fortunately this fake ACL is small enough to > > * construct on the stack. */ > > - memset(acl2, 0, sizeof(acl2)); > > posix_acl_init(acl2, 4); > > > > /* Insert entries in canonical order: other orders seem > > If there is a guarantee that random data that potentially resides between the fields in that structure will never appear on the wire, then ACK. > Yes, that is guaranteed. The posix_acl structure is initialised by posix_acl_init above, and the array itself is initialised by us in the lines following that... -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com www.netapp.com -- 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/