Chris Lattner wrote:
>
> > > 5. As such, a kernel developer may not invest as much thought into printk
> > > placement as, say, a new buffer cache design.
> >
> > The rules:
> >
> > 1. Don't pass user addresses to printk
>
> What makes an address a user address? When going through someone elses
> code, sometimes you can tell when it gets copied in, sometimes not... and
> should i have to do something like this everytime I want to printk?
>
> { char Buffer[1000];
> copyinto buffer
> printk(buffer);
> }
>
> ??? Whoops, hope I don't overflow the stack!?!? :(
Then use kmalloc or get_free_page(s).
> I think this is completely ridiculous.
Tough. Yes you must do something like the above every time you want to
print out something passed to you from userspace. Userspace addressing
is fundamentally different from kernel space, and always will be. Don't
expect printk to deal with userspace addresses.
Jeff
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