| To: | Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH]: fix possible buffer overflow problem in promlib |
| From: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:48:32 +0100 |
| Cc: | Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>, Juan Quintela <quintela@mandrakesoft.com>, mipslist <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> |
| In-reply-to: | <20030103142956.GI31256@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>; from ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:29:56PM +0100 |
| Original-recipient: | rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org |
| References: | <m2hecrbb3p.fsf@demo.mitica> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0301022047090.4873-100000@vervain.sonytel.be> <20030103135422.A7796@linux-mips.org> <20030103142956.GI31256@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> |
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On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:29:56PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > > What about making ppbuf static, to reduce stack usage? > > > > By the time when prom_printf() is called stack overflow is not really a > > consideration anymore, something fatal has happened before. > > I don't think printing e.g. "LINUX started..." indicates something fatal. :-) So use printk :-) Ralf |
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