>>If that is true I am wondering how it could possibly be correct
>>since start will be used as a length which is greater than the
>>size of the page.
>>
>
> start will be used as an offset, not as a length.
>
> If you think the hack was a bad idea, I agree with you.
> But we can't change it without auditing all the proc read
> functions that use case #1.
Ahh...thanks for taking the trouble to answer all these questions :). I
obviously wasn't paying attention enough to see that start was *not*
used as a length. Sigh. Anyway, yes I agree we cannot patch this
without some serious review and I'm not going to volunteer today :).
-todd
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