linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs

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Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2020 05:52:04 -0500 (EST)
From:   Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, joeyli <jlee@...e.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] efi: fix a race and a buffer overflow while
 reading efivars via sysfs

Hello, Ard!

> > Reported-by: Bob Sanders <bob.sanders@....com> and the LTP testsuite
> > Link:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/20200303085528.27658-1-vdronov@redhat.com/T/#u
> 
> For the future, please don't add these links. This one points to the
> old version of the patch, not to this one. It will be added by the
> tooling once the patch gets picked up.

Aha. I was under an impression Links: are added manually by authors. My intention
here was to point at the root message of the whole discussion, not at the patch.

Anyway, thank you for the review and for bearing with me!

Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | The Core Kernel | Senior Software Engineer