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Re: [PATCH 3/6] Reinstantiate fd range check if and only if defined _STRICT_FD_SIZE_CHECK=1


On 03/29/2013 04:17 PM, kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com wrote:
  /* Define some inlines helping to catch common problems.  */
-#if __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL > 0 && defined __GNUC__
+#if __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL > 0 && defined __GNUC__ && _STRICT_FD_SIZE_CHECK > 0
  # include <bits/select2.h>
  #endif

I think this is backwards. The default with _FORTIFY_SOURCE should be to check, but having a way to disable the checks if needed might be helpful in some cases. (Porting to poll/epoll/glib event loop is almost always preferable, though.)

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team


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