linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 04/13] USB: ch341: fix USB buffer allocations

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:12:48 +0200
From:	Grigori Goronzy <greg@...wn.ath.cx>
To:	Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/13] USB: ch341: fix USB buffer allocations

On 2016-04-29 14:52, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> @@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ static int ch341_set_handshake(struct usb_device 
>> *dev, u8 control)
>> 
>>  static int ch341_get_status(struct usb_device *dev, struct 
>> ch341_private *priv)
>>  {
>> -	char *buffer;
>> +	unsigned char *buffer;
>>  	int r;
>> -	const unsigned size = 8;
>> +	const unsigned size = 2;
> 
> Did you reply to Oliver's comment about this change? Are you sure this
> won't break some old device expecting to be asked for eight bytes even
> if only two are returned?
> 

I'll just drop this change.

Grigori