On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:45:35PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> On 3/10, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
>
> | > I suggest that you revert the memset() to IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1 so that
> | > the last byte is cleared as well. Or am I missing something?
> |
> | No, that would bring back the slab/memory overflow we are
> | trying to get rid of.
>
> Then I am puzzled by the function declaration:
>
> static int orinoco_hw_get_essid(struct orinoco_private *priv, int *active,
> char buf[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1])
>
> Do you mean that this function is called with a buf parameter which
> doesn't have the expected size? (as far as the function declaration is
> concerned) Shouldn't the declaration be changed to
>
> static int orinoco_hw_get_essid(struct orinoco_private *priv, int *active,
> char buf[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE])
>
> then to reflect the reality? (it won't change the code but would be
> clearer from a documentation point of view)
Yep, that one is a bug.
Thanks !
> Sam
Jean
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