linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: add missing sentinel entry in img_ascii_lcd

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 10:54:27 -0800
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
CC:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: add missing sentinel entry in img_ascii_lcd_matches

Hi Javier,

On Monday, 6 March 2017 10:09:09 PST Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> On 02/24/2017 06:56 PM, Paul Burton wrote:
> > On Monday, 20 February 2017 21:39:11 PST Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> >> The OF device table must be terminated, otherwise we'll be walking past
> >> it and into areas unknown.
> >> 
> >> This causes KASAN errors reported by 0day kernel testing robot.
> >> 
> >> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> >> Tested-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> >> Fixes: 0cad855fbd08 ("auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: driver for simple
> >> ASCII...") Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> > 
> > An essentially identical patch was already submitted over here:
> > 
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9493973/
> > 
> > I'm not sure how it ought to get into mainline - since the driver went
> > through the MIPS tree perhaps this fix can too?
> 
> Do you know who should I ping about it? It has been posted a couple of
> months ago.

If it can go through the MIPS tree that would be Ralf (who I copied 
previously). If not then it's Miguel as auxdisplay maintainer.

Thanks,
    Paul
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