Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/5] lib: add error checking to hex2bin

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On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hex2bin converts a hexadecimal string to its binary representation.
> The original version of hex2bin did not do any error checking.  This
> patch adds error checking and returns the result.
>
> Changelog:
> - use the new unpack_hex_byte()
> - add __must_check compiler option (Andy Shevchenko's suggestion)
> - change function API to return error checking result
>  (based on Tetsuo Handa's initial patch)
>
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/kernel.h |    2 +-
>  lib/hexdump.c          |   11 +++++++----
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index d8ea13b..3021e64 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
>  }
>
>  extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
> -extern void hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
> +extern bool __must_check hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
>
>  /*
>  * unpack_hex_byte - convert 2 asii hex digits into a byte
> diff --git a/lib/hexdump.c b/lib/hexdump.c
> index f5fe6ba..7711095 100644
> --- a/lib/hexdump.c
> +++ b/lib/hexdump.c
> @@ -38,14 +38,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex_to_bin);
>  * @dst: binary result
>  * @src: ascii hexadecimal string
>  * @count: result length
> + *
> + * Returns true on success, false in case of bad input.
>  */
> -void hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
> +bool hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
>  {
>        while (count--) {
> -               *dst = hex_to_bin(*src++) << 4;
> -               *dst += hex_to_bin(*src++);
> -               dst++;
> +               if (!unpack_hex_byte(dst++, src))
> +                       return false;
> +               src += 2;
>        }
> +       return true;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex2bin);
>

Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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