Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2012-10-24

Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] block: Fix a buffer overrun in bio_integrity_split()

From: Martin K. Petersen <hidden>
Date: 2012-10-24 16:59:30
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"Tejun" == Tejun Heo [off-list ref] writes:
Tejun> If Martin is happy with it, I'm not gonna push it but putting the
Tejun> respective storage member after one containing vararray at the
Tejun> end is a legit way to allocate the area statically. As long as
Tejun> the storage field is marked as such and not accessed directly, it
Tejun> doesn't matter whether there's padding inbetween or not. 

The embedded array is still at the end. Kent just added an explicit
pointer for use in the bio_pair corner case.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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