Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Wed, 22 May 2002 18:30:12 +0100


On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:17:26PM +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> #include <linux/io.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> int main(char *argv[], int argc)
> {
> int port = aoit(argv[0]);
> int byte = aoit(argv[1]);
>
> if (port > 0)
> return inb(port);
> else
> outb(port, byte);
>
>
> return 0;
> }

Erm:

1. not checking number of arguments passed.
2. thinking argv[0] is the first arg.
3. wrong test for in/out (port > 0 -> inb, port <= 0 -> outb)
4. returning the read byte via the program status code.
5. aoit is an undefined function.
6. including linux/*.h is fundamentally wrong for any user space
program.

That's one bug every 2 lines. Should I continue? 8)

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