linux-kernel - Re: dm-init: fix 2 incorrect use of kstrndup()

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Message-ID: <20190617092710.GB3764@ubuntu>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 02:27:10 -0700
From:   Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com>
To:     Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        agk@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm-init: fix 2 incorrect use of kstrndup()

On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 05:27:25PM +0800, Gen Zhang wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:11:03PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > On Wed, May 29 2019 at 11:24am -0400,
> > Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:23:53AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > > On 5/28/19 6:33 PM, Gen Zhang wrote:
> > > > > In drivers/md/dm-init.c, kstrndup() is incorrectly used twice.
> > > > > 
> > > > > It should be: char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp);
> > > > 
> > > > Should the following be added to this patch?
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 6bbc923dfcf5 ("dm: add support to directly boot to a mapped
> > > > device") # v5.1.
> > > > Cc: stable
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Bart.
> > > Personally, I am not quite sure about this question, because I am not 
> > > the maintainer of this part.
> > 
> > Yes, it should have the tags Bart suggested.
> > 
> > I'll take care it.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> Hi,
> Is there any updates about this patch? I want to check if it is apllied
> beacause I have to write it down in my paper and the deadline is close.
> 
> Thanks
> Gen
Could anyone look into this patch? It's not updated for about 20 days.
And I am really on a deadline to get this patch applied.

Thanks
Gen