On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:19:32 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: > On 07/08/13 11:09, Namhyung Kim wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 19:26:25 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote: >>> The size of data retrieved from a sample event must be >>> validated to ensure it does not go past the end of the >>> event. That was being done sporadically and without >>> considering integer overflows. >> >> Wouldn't it be great if the macro (or something) can do all three things >> together - checking overflow, getting current value (pointer) and >> advancing the array to the size? Is that possible? > > Macros are not the answer to everything.
Right. But I was seeing repeating patterns of the three.. so I asked if there's a better alternative. Thanks, Namhyung -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/