>> * Does there really a probability remain that an inappropriate product >> would be calculated here (as the situation was before my two update steps >> for this software module)? > > Perhaps not. Hence my "Probably not an issue here, ...". Thanks for your clarification. >> * Can it be that you are looking for a variant of a function like "memdup_user" >> where values can be passed as separate parameters "count" and "size" so that >> the needed multiplication and corresponding overflow check would be performed >> together as desired? > > If there are enough uses, and people like it, adding memdup_user_array() > may be a good idea... How are the chances of such an addition for the Linux programming interface? > P.S. Why do your questions make me think of a scientific paper? ;-) Would you like to recommend any for further reading? ;-) Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
