linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] Add a usbredir kernel module to remotely connect USB devices over IP.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:47:01 -0500
From:	Jeremy White <jwhite@...eweavers.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	hdegoede@...hat.com, spice-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] Add a usbredir kernel module to remotely connect
 USB devices over IP.

>>
>> Well, the checkpatch.pl reports were all style (and mostly whitespace);
>> roughly 3000 of them against 3000 lines of code :-/.  I did review the
>> code, looking for areas where I thought it would badly cram into the
>> kernel, and I adjusted the few I found (and sent changes upstream).
> 
> style matters, as it's a thing with your brain.  You learn patterns and
> if the patterns change, you have to do more work and don't see the real
> issues involved.  So by ignoring our style you are saying you don't want
> anyone else in the kernel community to ever review or work on the code,
> which isn't ok.

Looks like I can't side step this unless Hans is willing to shift the
usbredir project entirely to using kernel style :-/.

I will plan to make changes so that checkpatch runs clean; I lay out my
concerns and my plan below to make sure I'm taking the best path.

My main concern with changing the ~2,500 lines of code from the upstream
usbredir project is that it will increase the odds that I will introduce
errors, both initially, and again later as I review and attempt to relay
patches from the upstream.

To summarize the checkpatch reports:  the biggest issue is whitespace,
which shouldn't be a problem; I should be able to automate that without
error.  There are also a fair number of one offs; FSF address, space
after '!', etc.  I hope to persuade Hans to take a few style only
patches upstream to address those.  That leaves a pack of about 60 brace
placement and line length issues.

I will plan to manually change those prior to submission.  Any upstream
changes that affect the same code will be manually corrected as well,
prior to submission.

Make sense?

Cheers,

Jeremy
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/