Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] vsprintf: Add support for userspace strings | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sun, 10 May 2015 13:16:22 -0700 |
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On Sun, 2015-05-10 at 22:11 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am 10.05.2015 um 22:09 schrieb Joe Perches: > > On Sun, 2015-05-10 at 21:42 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> Add %pL format string to print userspace strings. > >> It works like %s but does copy_from_user() instead > >> of a memcpy(). > > > > I think this would be much simpler in a new > > function rather than complicating string() > > -ENOPATCH.
It's your patch, I'm just commenting on it.
I'm not sure there's much value in it.
Can it can add security holes if used with %pV?
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