linux-kernel - Re: [ 17/17] USB: serial: ti_usb_3410_5052: new device id for Abbot strip port cable

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:28:23 +0200
From:	Anders Hammarquist <iko@....pp.se>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ 17/17] USB: serial: ti_usb_3410_5052: new device id for Abbot strip port cable

In a message of Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:21:22 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman writes:
>On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:39:26PM +0200, Anders Hammarquist wrote:
>> In a message of Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:39:32 -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman writes:
>> >3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>> >
>> >From: Anders Hammarquist <iko@....pp.se>
>> >
>> >commit 35a2fbc941accd0e9f1bfadd669311786118d874 upstream.
>> >
>> >Add product id for Abbott strip port cable for Precision meter which
>> >uses the TI 3410 chip.
>> 
>> Given the statically sized arrays, I think this patch should not go in
>> alone. It needs to go together with the later patches I sent you that
>> fix the array sizing.
>> 
>> (this applies to all trees)
>
>Yes, but, thanks to the fact that you are only adding one more device
>id, I don't think we are overflowing anything with this patch alone,
>right?  The only "bad" thing that could happen here is if a user
>specifies a device/vendor id on the module command line, is it would
>replace the device id you added, so all should be fine.
>
>Or am I reading the code wrong?

I'm reading the code the same way you are. From what I can see there
is no place that counts on there enough space beyond the last entry,
so nothing truly bad should happen.

/Anders
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