[PATCH] cifs: extend the buffer length enought for sprintf() using

[David Collier-Brown]

On 07/17/2013 09:25 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:04:30 +0800
> Chen Gang <gang.chen at asianux.com> wrote:
>> Hmm... sprintf() declares to code readers, in current condition, we want
>> to print all source information without any truncation.
>>
>> So if we know the source max length precisely, we'd better to allocate
>> the related buffer to print them all instead of use snprintf().
>>
>> If we do not know the source max length precisely or we have to limit
>> the destination length, we need use snprintf() to fit with destination
>> max length (declare to the code readers, the source information may be
>> truncated).
>>
>>
This is a valid argument if one knows that for all time, the length is
unchanging (:-))
As we've seen it was previously wrong, some caution may be in order.

Perhaps  "if (snprintf(...) >= MAX_USERNAME_SIZE) { complain_loudly() }"

--dave

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