netdev - Re: [PATCH] libertas: Avoid reading past end of buffer

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Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 06:45:58 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: Avoid reading past end of buffer

Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:

> unrelated trivia:
>
> lbs_deb_enter is used incorrectly here at
> function exit as both enter and leave calls.
>
> That type of copy/paste defect may be common.
>
> $ git grep -w lbs_deb_enter | wc -l
> 148
> $ git grep -w lbs_deb_leave | wc -l
> 71
>
> One would expect these numbers to be the same.
>
> Another option would be to delete all these
> calls as ftrace function tracing works well.

Yeah, deleting all the enter/exit calls would be better.

-- 
Kalle Valo