On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 11:10 +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote: > > > @@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static void ath6kl_add_new_sta(struct ath6kl *ar, u8 *mac, u16 aid, u8 *wpaie, > > > > > > sta = &ar->sta_list[free_slot]; > > > memcpy(sta->mac, mac, ETH_ALEN); > > > - if (ielen <= ATH6KL_MAX_IE) > > > - memcpy(sta->wpa_ie, wpaie, ielen); > > > + memcpy(sta->wpa_ie, wpaie, ielen); > > > > > And then someone changes the u8 ielen to something else and accidentally > > adds a bug. I would prefer to have an explicit check for the ielen to > > make it obvious what's the maximum length. > > > > I don't really like using u8 for ielen either. IMHO size_t or similar > > would be better. > > The length of any IE is 1 byte, u8 is the appropriate one. No -- this can contain multiple IEs. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
