Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] fanotify: Ensure consistent variable type for response
On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 4:22 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com> wrote:
The user space API for the response variable is __u32. This patch makes
sure that the whole path through the kernel uses u32 so that there is
no sign extension or truncation of the user space response.
Suggested-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/12617626.uLZWGnKmhe@x2
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com>
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fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 2 +-
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 6 +++---
include/linux/audit.h | 6 +++---
kernel/auditsc.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
We're at -rc7, so this should wait until after the upcoming merge
window, but it looks okay to me.
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com>
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