Re: [PATCH] affs_fill_super() %s abuses

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Jun 15 2006 - 08:37:52 EST


On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:31:05PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > - printk(KERN_NOTICE "AFFS: Mounting volume \"%*s\": Type=%.3s\\%c, Blocksize=%d\n",
> > - AFFS_ROOT_TAIL(sb, root_bh)->disk_name[0],
> > - AFFS_ROOT_TAIL(sb, root_bh)->disk_name + 1,
> > - (char *)&chksum,((char *)&chksum)[3] + '0',blocksize);
> > + int len = AFFS_ROOT_TAIL(sb, root_bh)->disk_name[0];
> > + char name[32];
> > +
> > + if (len > 31)
> > + len = 31;
>
> You get the same effect by changing it above into "min(AFFS_ROOT_TAIL(sb,
> root_bh)->disk_name[0], 31)" and makes the copying unnecessary.
> BTW since this is only active with SF_VERBOSE, I don't think it's critical
> enough for 2.6.17 at this point.

Fine by me... I'd still prefer more explicit form (it's hardly a critical
path), but yes, that would do.
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