On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > > @@ -763,15 +767,17 @@ > > > * using the inode number. > > > */ > > > error = -ENOMEM; > > > - sprintf(name, "[%lu]", inode->i_ino); > > > this.name = name; > > > - this.len = strlen(name); > > > - this.hash = inode->i_ino; > > > + this.len = sprintf(name, "[%p]", ep); > > > + this.hash = 0; > > > > Please don't expose kernel pointers to user space. > > > > It's much better to do something like > > > > static unsigned int epoll_inode; > > > > this.len = sprintf(name, "[%u]", ++epoll_inode); > > > > if you just need some pseudo-unique name to distinguish two epoll things > > from each other (vs from a dup'ed fd). > > Heh, this is what Al was saying ;) > I'm fine with that, but how about counter cycles (going back to zero)? > Should we care to handle them correctly?
Maybe a [TID.FD] format? - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
