On 4/5/06, Al Viro <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 07:09:28PM +0400, Sergey Vlasov wrote:
> > This will break the "color_map" sysfs file for framebuffers -
> > drivers/video/fbsysfs.c:store_cmap() expects to get exactly 4096 bytes
> > for a colormap with 256 entries. In fact, the original patch which
> > changed PAGE_SIZE - 1 to PAGE_SIZE:
>
> ... cheerfully assuming that nobody assumes NUL-termination and
> everyone (sysfs patch writers!) certainly uses the length argument.
> Fscking brilliant, that.
Why does sysfs have two string length determination methods - both
NULL termination and a length parameter. It should be one or the
other, not both. Having both simply cause problems when some
developers implement one scheme and others only implement the other.
>
> Are you willing to audit all sysfs ->show() in the kernel? Original
> author of that turd had not been.
>
> FWIW, "color_map" is a blatant abuse of interface. Doesn't get
> any more borderline...
>
>
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Jon Smirl
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