linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: add missing sentinel entry in img_ascii_lcd

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:09:09 -0300
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:     Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: add missing sentinel entry in
 img_ascii_lcd_matches

Hello Paul,

On 02/24/2017 06:56 PM, Paul Burton wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
> 
> On Monday, 20 February 2017 21:39:11 PST Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> The OF device table must be terminated, otherwise we'll be walking past
>> it and into areas unknown.
>>
>> This causes KASAN errors reported by 0day kernel testing robot.
>>
>> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
>> Tested-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
>> Fixes: 0cad855fbd08 ("auxdisplay: img-ascii-lcd: driver for simple
>> ASCII...") Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> 
> An essentially identical patch was already submitted over here:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9493973/
> 
> I'm not sure how it ought to get into mainline - since the driver went through 
> the MIPS tree perhaps this fix can too?
> 

Do you know who should I ping about it? It has been posted a couple of months
ago.

> Thanks,
>     Paul
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America