linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: do not allocate huge txbuf

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 19:18:18 +0200
From:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com>
To:	Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: do not allocate huge txbuf

Hello,

On 9 June 2016 at 18:20, Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org> wrote:
>
> Den 09.06.2016 17:08, skrev Michal Suchanek:
>>
>> txbuflen can be set to arbitrary value by user and it is also set
>> automagically to the maximum transfer size of the SPI master controller.
>
>
> AFAICT this is a result of your previous patch. Please make a new version of
> your previous patch with this fix in it. Also make a note in that thread
> that

That patch is pretty much independent and just exposes this problem
under different circumstances. The txbuflen can be also set by the
user.

> a new version is made so Greg doesn't pull it when he sees my ack. He
> handles a large volume of patches so let's make it as easy as we can for
> him.

Which would be letting in the patches separately imho.

Thanks

Michal