linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid resource if buffer length too long

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Message-ID: <20171115163859.o5cpk374sim6g3eu@sasha-lappy>
Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:39:01 +0000
From:   alexander.levin@...izon.com
To:     "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        "Schmauss, Erik" <erik.schmauss@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid
 resource if buffer length too long

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 03:39:22PM +0000, Moore, Robert wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: alexander.levin@...izon.com [mailto:alexander.levin@...izon.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:46 PM
>> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; stable@...r.kernel.org
>> Cc: Moore, Robert <robert.moore@...el.com>; Zheng, Lv
>> <lv.zheng@...el.com>; Wysocki, Rafael J <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>;
>> alexander.levin@...izon.com
>> Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 01/56] ACPICA: Resources: Not a valid
>> resource if buffer length too long
>>
>> From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 57707a9a7780fab426b8ae9b4c7b65b912a748b3 ]
>>
>> ACPICA commit 9f76de2d249b18804e35fb55d14b1c2604d627a1
>> ACPICA commit b2e89d72ef1e9deefd63c3fd1dee90f893575b3a
>> ACPICA commit 23b5bbe6d78afd3c5abf3adb91a1b098a3000b2e
>>
>> The declared buffer length must be the same as the length of the byte
>> initializer list, otherwise not a valid resource descriptor.
[snip]

>[Moore, Robert]
>
>Please explain what you are doing here.

Proposing this commit for the 4.9 LTS tree.

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Thanks,
Sasha