[linux-lvm] [PATCH] dmsetup: fix sscanf return check
Mark van Dijk
lists+linux-lvm at internecto.net
Thu Aug 23 20:01:34 UTC 2012
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:31:02 +0100
Matthew Booth <mbooth at redhat.com> wrote:
> ---
> tools/dmsetup.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/dmsetup.c b/tools/dmsetup.c
> index 0ac970f..65d17f8 100644
> --- a/tools/dmsetup.c
> +++ b/tools/dmsetup.c
> @@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ static int _parse_line(struct dm_task *dmt, char
> *buffer, const char *file, if (!*ptr || *ptr == '#')
> return 1;
>
> - if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %s %n",
> - &start, &size, ttype, &n) < 3) {
> + if (sscanf(ptr, "%llu %llu %s %n", &start, &size, ttype,
> &n) != 4) { err("Invalid format on line %d of table %s", line, file);
> return 0;
> }
Ah. For non-coders like myself the purpose of this patch seems to be
clouded in mystery...
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