On 07/25/2012 01:12 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> I wonder how many such bugs a memzero()/bzero() will prevent. > > If the compiler-foo is possible with gcc then a 0 length constant > memset warning and a warning if the set value is > 255 would both > probably be useful.
It's pretty easy with BUILD_BUG_ON(), unfortunately that emits an error and there may be legitimate uses for memset(p, 255, 0). > Fortunately a lot of other validation/verification tools do pick it up > already. Also a lot of kernel developers whose time would be better spent on other things. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
