linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Ensure the connector

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Message-ID: <yq1vazgvvza.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:35:21 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>
Cc:	Sathya Prakash <sathya.prakash@...adcom.com>,
	Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com>,
	Suganath Prabu Subramani 
	<suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	<MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com>, <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Ensure the connector_name string is NUL-terminated

>>>>> "Calvin" == Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com> writes:

Calvin> We blindly trust the hardware to give us NUL-terminated strings,
Calvin> which is a bad idea because it doesn't always do that. For
Calvin> example:

Broadcom folks, please respond to this and other mpt3sas patches in the
queue:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-scsi/list/?q=mpt3sas

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering