linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: cope with large i2c transfers

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:12:19 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Nick Dyer <nick.dyer@...ev.co.uk>,
	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	intel-gfx <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	DRI <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: cope with large i2c transfers

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> The hardware, according to the specs, is limited to 256 byte transfers,
> and current driver has no protections in case users attempt to do larger
> transfers. The code will just stomp over status register and mayhem
> ensues.

Thanks, looks good.

David/Daniel - should I take this directly, or can I expect to just
get it from the drm tree?

              Linus
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