Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] libmount: handle arbitrary line length for mounts

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 04:44:04PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 03:49:23PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> @@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ struct libmnt_table {
> >>       int             comms;          /* enable/disable comment parsing */
> >>       char            *comm_intro;    /* First comment in file */
> >>       char            *comm_tail;     /* Last comment in file */
> >> +     char            *buf;           /* Memory for reading lines */
> >> +     size_t          buf_size;       /* Size of line-reading buffer */
> >
> > It's overkill to add the buffer to the struct, it's necessary
> > only in mnt_table_parse_next().
> 
> It seemed really inefficient to go from a stack buffer to a
> malloc-per-call of mnt_table_parse_next(). I'm fine to write it that
> way, though. What do you think is best here?

I'll try to prepare a patch with new struct libmnt_parser where we can
store another parser specific things like current line number, file
name, etc.

    Karel

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