linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] mmc: core: cd_label must be last entry of mmc

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 23:25:41 -0300
From:   Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:     Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        "evgreen@...omium.org" <evgreen@...omium.org>,
        Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
        Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@....com>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] mmc: core: cd_label must be last entry of mmc_gpio struct

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 11:13 PM, Anson Huang <anson.huang@....com> wrote:

> I think either way is OK, since flexible array is used in kernel code quite commonly,
> so I prefer to make code change as small as possible, the original patch can also prevent
> similar bug in future. And like below commit Fabio pointed out, it also has same kind
> of fix: a158531f3c92 ("gpio: 74x164: Fix crash during .remove()"). Thanks.

I am also fine with this patch or the one from Linus.

Maybe Anson's patch could be applied to 4.18-rc as a bug fix and
Linus' patch could be applied to 4.19-rc1 as a cleanup/improvement?

Ulf,

What would you prefer?

Thanks