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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:57:23 -0700
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 1/2] printk: remove tabular output for NULL pointer
On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 13:53 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently pointer() checks for a NULL pointer argument and then if so
> attempts to print "(null)" with _some_ standard width. This width cannot
> correctly be ascertained here because many of the printk specifiers
> print pointers of varying widths.
I believe this is not a good change.
Only pointers without a <foo> extension call pointer()
> Remove the attempt to print NULL pointers with a correct width.
the correct width for a %p is the default width.
The correct width for %p<foo> is unknown.
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>
> ---
> lib/vsprintf.c | 9 +--------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 86c3385b9eb3..16a587aed40e 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -1710,15 +1710,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
> {
> const int default_width = 2 * sizeof(void *);
>
> - if (!ptr && *fmt != 'K') {
> - /*
> - * Print (null) with the same width as a pointer so it makes
> - * tabular output look nice.
> - */
> - if (spec.field_width == -1)
> - spec.field_width = default_width;
> + if (!ptr && *fmt != 'K')
> return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
> - }
>
> switch (*fmt) {
> case 'F':
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