linux-kernel - commit c7e88ecbe328 ("staging: r8188eu: remove rtw_buf

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:21:30 +0200
From:   Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: commit c7e88ecbe328 ("staging: r8188eu: remove rtw_buf_free()
 function")

Dear Greg,

I followed the discussion about the bug that was
introduced by commit c7e88ecbe328. But I can't
understand why this patch introduced such a bug.
In the changelog of the revert patch you wrote
that you forgot how pointers work (:-D), but
I think I forgot either (if ever known :P).

Do you have any idea of what happened? This
topic could give us all deeper understanding
of kernel memory management.

Thank you in advance,

fabio