+ 1000000000 bug still in 2.4.19-pre10 (proc_misc.c)

Todd R. Eigenschink (todd@tekinteractive.com)
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:36:39 -0500


The 2.4.19-pre10 patch still contains the following bug:

@@ -279,10 +335,11 @@
);
#if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_S390)
for (i = 0 ; i < NR_IRQS ; i++)
- len += sprintf(page + len, " %u", kstat_irqs(i));
+ proc_sprintf(page, &off, &len,
+ " %u", kstat_irqs(i) + 1000000000);
#endif

Ben LaHaise confirmed that the "+ 1000000000" part was a brown paper
bag. (The addition of a billion was test code that triggered the bug
which the rest of the proc_misc change fixes.)

Todd

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