[PATCH] powerpc: Read buffer overflow

[Wolfram Sang]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 10:57:17PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Roel Kluin writes:
> 
> > Check whether index is within bounds before grabbing the element.
> 
> The change seems unnecessary since we only compute the address of the
> element before the bounds check, we don't actually access the
> element.  I believe that is legal in C.

I've got this strange feeling of deja vu :)

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/63507

(I'd vote for applying it but won't mind if not)

Regards,

   Wolfram

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