The patch titled Subject: lib/kasprintf.c: add sanity check to kvasprintf has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was lib-kasprintfc-add-sanity-check-to-kvasprintf.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/kasprintf.c: add sanity check to kvasprintf kasprintf relies on being able to replay the formatting and getting the same result (in particular, the same length). This will almost always work, but it is possible that the object pointed to by a %s or %p argument changed under us (so we might get truncated output). Add a somewhat paranoid sanity check and let's see if it ever triggers. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/kasprintf.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/kasprintf.c~lib-kasprintfc-add-sanity-check-to-kvasprintf lib/kasprintf.c --- a/lib/kasprintf.c~lib-kasprintfc-add-sanity-check-to-kvasprintf +++ a/lib/kasprintf.c @@ -13,19 +13,21 @@ /* Simplified asprintf. */ char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list ap) { - unsigned int len; + unsigned int first, second; char *p; va_list aq; va_copy(aq, ap); - len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, aq); + first = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, aq); va_end(aq); - p = kmalloc_track_caller(len+1, gfp); + p = kmalloc_track_caller(first+1, gfp); if (!p) return NULL; - vsnprintf(p, len+1, fmt, ap); + second = vsnprintf(p, first+1, fmt, ap); + WARN(first != second, "different return values (%u and %u) from vsnprintf(\"%s\", ...)", + first, second, fmt); return p; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html