linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] UBI: Coverity-inspired fixes

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Date:	Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:33:14 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
CC:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] UBI: Coverity-inspired fixes

Brian,

Am 28.02.2015 um 11:23 schrieb Brian Norris:
> Except for the last one, these were inspired by Coverity Scan results.
> 
> These fixes have barely been tested, but they are pretty straightforward
> logically. As they've been sitting in my dust pile too long, I thought I'd at
> least get them out there.
> 
> Brian Norris (5):
>   UBI: account for bitflips in both the VID header and data
>   UBI: fix out of bounds write
>   UBI: initialize LEB number variable
>   UBI: fix check for "too many bytes"
>   UBI: align comment for readability

Nice work!
I'll test them later today.
Just a quick question, no patch has a stable tag, is this by design?
>From a first look most of them look like stable material.

Thanks,
//richard
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