Re: [patch] oom: print triggering task's cpuset and mems allowed

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:08:15 -0700 (PDT)
David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +#define CPUSET_NAME_LEN		(128)
> +#define	CPUSET_NODELIST_LEN	(256)
> +static char cpuset_name[CPUSET_NAME_LEN];
> +static char cpuset_nodelist[CPUSET_NODELIST_LEN];
>
> ...
>
> +	snprintf(cpuset_name, CPUSET_NAME_LEN,
> +		 dentry ? (const char *)dentry->d_name.name : "/");

nit: this requires that the reviewer (and the maintainer) ensure that
CPUSET_NAME_LEN=sizeof(cpuset_name).  This must be done manually and
introduces risk.

Better would be:


static char cpuset_name[128];

...

	snprintf(cpuset_name, sizeof(cpuset_name), ...);

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