linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pwm_bl: Fix overflow condition

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 09:26:43 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:     Derek Basehore <dbasehore@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jingoohan1@...il.com,
        lee.jones@...aro.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pwm_bl: Fix overflow condition

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 04:27:41PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> I'm still confused by the brightness-levels-scale comment in the other
> thread,

I believe Derek was accidentally referring to a change that's only in
our downstream tree.

> but this looks like a good fix for a potential overflow so:

Right, it's still an applicable overflow without our downstream changes.

Brian

> Acked-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>