The patch titled
Subject: lib/test_printf.c: don't BUG
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-test_printfc-dont-bug.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-test_printfc-dont-bug.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-test_printfc-dont-bug.patch
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/test_printf.c: don't BUG
BUG is a completely unnecessarily big hammer, and we're more likely to get
the internal bug reported if we just pr_err() and ensure the test suite
fails.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_printf.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN lib/test_printf.c~lib-test_printfc-dont-bug lib/test_printf.c
--- a/lib/test_printf.c~lib-test_printfc-dont-bug
+++ a/lib/test_printf.c
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ __test(const char *expect, int elen, con
int rand;
char *p;
- BUG_ON(elen >= BUF_SIZE);
+ if (elen >= BUF_SIZE) {
+ pr_err("error in test suite: expected output length %d too long. Format was '%s'.\n",
+ elen, fmt);
+ failed_tests++;
+ return;
+ }
va_start(ap, fmt);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
lib-vsprintfc-pull-out-padding-code-from-dentry_name.patch
lib-vsprintfc-move-string-below-widen_string.patch
lib-vsprintfc-eliminate-potential-race-in-string.patch
lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits.patch
lib-vsprintfc-help-gcc-make-number-smaller.patch
lib-vsprintfc-warn-about-too-large-precisions-and-field-widths.patch
lib-test_printfc-dont-bug.patch
lib-test_printfc-check-for-out-of-bound-writes.patch
lib-test_printfc-add-a-few-string-tests.patch
lib-test_printfc-account-for-kvasprintf-tests.patch
lib-test_printfc-add-test-for-large-bitmaps.patch
lib-test_printfc-test-dentry-printing.patch
lib-kasprintfc-add-sanity-check-to-kvasprintf.patch
powerpc-fadump-rename-cpu_online_mask-member-of-struct-fadump_crash_info_header.patch
kernel-cpuc-change-type-of-cpu_possible_bits-and-friends.patch
kernel-cpuc-export-__cpu__mask.patch
drivers-base-cpuc-use-__cpu__mask-directly.patch
kernel-cpuc-eliminate-cpu__mask.patch
kernel-cpuc-make-set_cpu_-static-inlines.patch
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