On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:17:00 +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote:
> The simple_str* family of functions perform no error checking in
> scenarios where the input value overflows the intended output variable.
> This results in these function successfully returning even when the
> output does not match the input string.
>
> Or as it was mentioned [1], "...simple_strtol(), simple_strtoll(),
> simple_strtoul(), and simple_strtoull() functions explicitly ignore
> overflows, which may lead to unexpected results in callers."
> Hence, the use of those functions is discouraged.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/3] kdb: Replace the use of simple_strto with safer kstrto in kdb_main
commit: fe0c87871fc0b97f6d374b670c81f7c4087eebc5
[2/3] trace: kdb: Replace simple_strtoul with kstrtoul in kdb_ftdump
commit: c56642c737fc0bd9bcc3a22a2bf8ed6f5900a660
[3/3] kdb: Remove fallback interpretation of arbitrary numbers as hex
commit: 5f4ca702e36893a276fccb0aa55ab36e19dfbb50
Best regards,
--
Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org>
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