On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 09:56:35AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Neil Horman wrote: > > As Jeremy and I had discussed in a previous thread, it would be nice if the > > argv_split library function could gracefully handle a NULL pointer in the > > argcp > > parameter, so as to allow functions using it that did not care about the > > value > > of argc to not have to declare a useless variable. This patch accomplishes > > that. Tested by me, with successful results. > > > > Oh, one other thing. Could you do a patch to clean up the use in the > usermodehelper code? > I have a patch for it already, which is rolled into some other work I'm doing in there. Since I had a bit of a false start with the recent coredump work, now that its in -mm I want to give that a chance to settle out and get some testing. Once its gotten a few weeks of testing and no one else pops up with some other requests/additions/etc, I'll post my cleanups, which will include your request above.
Regards Neil > J > > Thanks & Regards > > Neil > > > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > argv_split.c | 4 +++- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/lib/argv_split.c b/lib/argv_split.c > > index 4096ed4..fad6ce4 100644 > > --- a/lib/argv_split.c > > +++ b/lib/argv_split.c > > @@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp) > > if (argv == NULL) > > goto out; > > > > - *argcp = argc; > > + if (argcp) > > + *argcp = argc; > > + > > argvp = argv; > > > > while (*str) { > > -- /*************************************************** *Neil Horman *Software Engineer *Red Hat, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] *gpg keyid: 1024D / 0x92A74FA1 *http://pgp.mit.edu ***************************************************/ - 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/