linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: bcm2835: Fix buffer overflow with CS able to go beyond limit.

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Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:34:14 +0200
From:   Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@...hat.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Joe Burmeister <joe.burmeister@...tank.co.uk>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: bcm2835: Fix buffer overflow with CS able to go
 beyond limit.

On Fri, 2021-04-23 at 17:20 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 03:12:11PM +0100, Joe Burmeister wrote:
> > Of course we could just raise BCM2835_SPI_NUM_CS to 8 or more if that is
> > preferred. Does seams like the dynamic solution is less favoured.
> 
> The best thing would be to have it not have a single array of chip
> select specific data and instead store everything in the controller_data
> that's there per-device.

+1

All in all, it would make for a cleaner driver.

-- 
Nicolás Sáenz