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Message-ID: <20160114230647.GG1989@malice.jf.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:06:47 -0800
From: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
To: Michał Kępień <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dell-wmi: Process only one event on devices with
interface version 0
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:12:46PM +0100, Michał Kępień wrote:
> > > Wouldn't it be a bit more clear if we clamped buffer_size before
> > > setting buffer_end? E.g. like this:
> > >
> > > if (buffer_size == 0)
> > > return;
> > >
> > > if (dell_wmi_interface_version == 0 &&
> > > buffer_size > buffer_entry[0] + 1)
> > > buffer_size = buffer_entry[0] + 1;
> > >
> > > buffer_end = buffer_entry + buffer_size;
> >
> > Before return adds correct cleanup part and code will be same as my
> > original patch.
> >
> > So if more people think that your code is cleaner I'm OK with replacing
> > it.
>
> Both solutions are fine and I realize I'm a bit late to the party as you
> posted the original patch almost 3 weeks ago, so I don't want to delay
> it any longer. I think it's just a matter of deciding whether to
> enforce the buffer size limit using buffer_size or buffer_end. As the
> first option involves a little bit less writing, I thought I'd suggest
> it.
>
> > > One more minor nit: you should probably decide between "first" and
> > > "one" as the phrase "only first one event" (found both in the commit
> > > message and in the code comment) sounds incorrect to me.
> >
> > Feel free to correct commit message, I'm not very good in english...
> >
> > It should mean something like this... in buffer received by bios can be
> > more events. That while loop iterate over events. And this my patch on
> > machines with wmi version 0 will process only *one* event. And that
> > event is *first* in buffer.
>
> Don't worry, I understood your intentions from the commit message, so I
> don't think it's worth posting a v3 only to correct minor stylistic
> errors.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Kępień
I've cleaned up that bit.
--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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