Re: [PATCH v2 10/15] auxdisplay: linedisp: Provide a small buffer in the struct linedisp

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 02:17:00PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 11:40:44AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

..

> > > +       linedisp->buf = buf ? buf : linedisp->curr;
> > > +       linedisp->num_chars = buf ? num_chars : min(num_chars, LINEDISP_DEFAULT_BUF_SZ);
> > 
> > I think it would be safer to return an error if buf == NULL and
> > num_chars < LINEDISP_DEFAULT_BUF_SZ.
> 
> I think you meant >= ?
> 
> > Else a careless driver that doesn't check linedisp->num_chars might
> > overflow the buffer.
> 
> Okay, check has been added.

Hold on, but I have min() being called, isn't it enough?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko