linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH stable v2 1/2] termios, tty/tty

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Date:   Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:14:57 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable v2 1/2] termios, tty/tty_baudrate.c: fix buffer
 overrun

On 10/23/18 09:02, hpa@...or.com wrote:
>>
>> As I think Al's big termios cleanups are going to be hitting Linus's
>> tree soon, do you know how these patches interact with that?
>>
>> This patch seems like it will not, so I'll be glad to queue that up
>> after my first round of patches get merged to Linus later this week,
>> but
>> the second one worries me.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
> 
> I have been working with Al; we had approached much the same problems but from different directions. Mine ended up being a bit more comprehensive as a result, so I think we're going to end up using my code with Al's reviews.
> 
> So bottom line is that it should be all good.
> 

[Al: Feel free to yell at me if I got that wrong.]

	-hpa