Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755220Ab1BDAh3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:37:29 -0500 Received: from mail4.comsite.net ([205.238.176.238]:47882 "EHLO mail4.comsite.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755148Ab1BDAh1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:37:27 -0500 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=forwardok (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=65.70.204.62; To: Jesper Juhl From: Milton Miller Cc: Trond Myklebust , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Neil Brown , bfields@fieldses.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix size argument to memset call in nfsacl_encode In-Reply-To: <1296761330.3015.22.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Message-ID: References: <1296761330.3015.22.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:37:19 -0600 X-Originating-IP: 65.70.204.62 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2876 Lines: 78 On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 about 20:41:05 +0100 (CET), 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(). > It would be nice to point out that the memset was just added and of a incorrect size. > Thanks to Trond Myklebust for pointing out > that it is not needed since posix_acl_init() will set everything > regardless.. > But I ack the patch since I even pointed out this alternative in my changelog. I guess that could be Reported-by. http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1102.0/00665.html > 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 > > -- 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/