Re: [PATCH] Fix sg_io_hdr.info corruption.

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Dec 30 2008 - 18:46:32 EST


On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:50:35 +0300
Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> sizeof(unsigned (short)) is actually sizeof(function), == 1.
> Spotted by sparse.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/compat_ioctl.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> index 5235c67..7c2d617 100644
> --- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int sg_ioctl_trans(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>
> if (copy_in_user(&sgio->status, &sgio32->status,
> (4 * sizeof(unsigned char)) +
> - (2 * sizeof(unsigned (short))) +
> + (2 * sizeof(unsigned short)) +
> (3 * sizeof(int))))
> return -EFAULT;

gack.

akpm:/home/akpm> cat t.c
main()
{
printf("%d\n", sizeof(unsigned (short)));
printf("%d\n", sizeof(unsigned short));
}
akpm:/home/akpm> ./a.out
1
2


the code has been like this for years and years. Why hasn't anyone
noticed?
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