linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: fix possible arithmetic overflow for multi-transfer message

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 12:23:37 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"3.8+" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: spidev: fix possible arithmetic overflow for
 multi-transfer message

On 23/05/16 12:15, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 09:50:35AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk> wrote:
>>> `spidev_message()` sums the lengths of the individual SPI transfers to
>>> determine the overall SPI message length.  It restricts the total
>>> length, returning an error if too long, but it does not check for
>
> As documented in SubmittingPatches please send patches to the
> maintainers for the code you would like to change.  The normal kernel
> workflow is that people apply patches from their inboxes, if they aren't
> copied they are likely to not see the patch at all and it is much more
> difficult to apply patches.
>

In this case, Dmitry was replying to my patch that has already been 
applied over a year ago. :)

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