AW: [PATCH v2] HID: roccat: add bounds checking in kone_sysfs_write_settings()

From: Walter Harms
Date: Tue Aug 25 2020 - 09:13:38 EST


lets hope the maintainer picks that up.

re,
wh

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Von: Dan Carpenter [dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. August 2020 09:29
An: Walter Harms
Cc: Stefan Achatz; Jiri Kosina; Benjamin Tissoires; linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: [PATCH v2] HID: roccat: add bounds checking in kone_sysfs_write_settings()

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 03:35:16PM +0000, Walter Harms wrote:
> hello Dan,
>
> i notice that you can shorten the line to:
> (line above checks for count==sizeof(struct kone_settings))
>
> difference = memcmp(settings, &kone->settings, count);
>
> nothing special just to shorten the line and make use of count.
>
> and just to save one indent level and because its readabel nicely:
> if ( ! difference )
> goto unlock;
>
> hope that helps

Yeah. I wrote that version and I wanted to send it, but then I decided
not to change the style too much. I definitely agree with you, but I
figured I would keep the patch less intrusive.

regards,
dan carpenter