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Message-ID: <51C85272.4040902@mentor.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:06:42 +0100
From: Dean Jenkins <Dean_Jenkins@...tor.com>
To: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SLIP: Is there a maintainer for drivers/net/slip/slip.c ?
Hi Peter,
On 24/06/13 14:53, Peter Hurley wrote:
> On 06/24/2013 04:27 AM, Dean Jenkins wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using the Linux v3.9 tag, I note that
>>
>> ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/net/slip/slip.c
>> netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
>> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
>>
>> There seems to be no maintainer for drivers/net/slip/slip.c, is that
>> true ?
>>
>> I am asking because sl_encaps() and slip_write_wakeup() do not handle
>> error codes from tty->ops->write() and a recursive stack overflow
>> crash can occur if the tty->ops->write() fails to write all the
>> characters. I have some patches to fix this but would like some
>> feedback on an appropriate solution.
>
> SLIP changes would likely go through David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>.
> TTY changes would go through Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
I have already sent an E-mail to David Miller and the netdev mailing
list but so far got not reply from David.
So I guess I have sent my patches to the correct place ;)
Thanks,
Regards,
Dean Jenkins
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