Both %pE and %ph are unusable in kasprintf(), since the occurrence of either will trigger an oops during the first vsnprintf call where kasprintf tries to find the correct size to allocate. These oopses could be papered over with somewhat smaller patches than these, but then the return value from vsnprintf would still not reflect the actual size needed. For %pE, this requires a change of semantics of string_escape_mem and hence an annoyingly large diffstat. v4: Also update fs/proc/array.c, factor overflow test into separate helper, minor stylistic changes. Changed in v3: * Add Andy's ack to 1/3. * Ensure that string_escape_mem doesn't output partial escape sequences after 2/3, while still preparing for it to do exactly that in 3/3. * Leave the return value of string_escape_mem as int. v2: Suggestions from Andy Shevchenko: * Simpler fix of hex_string(). * The string_escape_mem change is split in two, 2/3 updating the internal helpers and 3/3 then changing the external interface. Rasmus Villemoes (3): lib/vsprintf.c: Fix potential NULL deref in hex_string lib/string_helpers.c: Refactor string_escape_mem lib/string_helpers.c: Change semantics of string_escape_mem fs/proc/array.c | 4 +- include/linux/string_helpers.h | 8 +- lib/string_helpers.c | 193 +++++++++++++++++------------------------ lib/test-string_helpers.c | 38 ++++---- lib/vsprintf.c | 24 +++-- net/sunrpc/cache.c | 8 +- 6 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-) -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
