The patch titled
getdelays.c: fix overrun
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
getdelaysc-fix-overrun.patch
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Subject: getdelays.c: fix overrun
From: Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
A patch for getdelays.c that fixes a buffer overrun when you set -w.
Cc: <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c~getdelaysc-fix-overrun Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
--- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c~getdelaysc-fix-overrun
+++ a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ __u64 stime, utime;
#define MAX_MSG_SIZE 1024
/* Maximum number of cpus expected to be specified in a cpumask */
#define MAX_CPUS 32
-/* Maximum length of pathname to log file */
-#define MAX_FILENAME 256
struct msgtemplate {
struct nlmsghdr n;
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
int count = 0;
int write_file = 0;
int maskset = 0;
- char logfile[128];
+ char *logfile = NULL;
int loop = 0;
struct msgtemplate msg;
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
print_io_accounting = 1;
break;
case 'w':
- strncpy(logfile, optarg, MAX_FILENAME);
+ logfile = strdup(optarg);
printf("write to file %s\n", logfile);
write_file = 1;
break;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
getdelaysc-fix-overrun.patch
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