linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

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Message-ID: <gmwxy1tg8.fsf@dworkin.scrye.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:56:07 -0700
From:	Anthony Foiani <tkil@...ye.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] v3.0.x: mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer

Greg --

Thanks for the very quick response.

Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> writes:
> This is an obvious one, it needs to be upstream first.
>
> Or if not, a whole lot of explaination saying that you know it
> isn't, and why it isn't, and why it isn't applicable there,

I thought that I did provide exactly this information, when I
indicated that this function no longer even existed in upstream.

The replacement in upstream was to fold this functionality into
another function -- but I found that function much more complex and
difficult to follow.

So I went with the simple fix.

> including agreement from the subsystem maintainers saying that they
> agree with you.

I also don't have that.  I might post it to the mtd list, to see if
they have any interest in either approving it as-is for 3.0 series, or
doing the backport of the current code.

Thanks again for your time.

Tony
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