linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: prevent ->ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set

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Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:46:44 +0200
From:   Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Wenlong Zhang <yixiaonn@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        ross.schm.dev@...il.com, marcocesati@...il.com,
        insafonov@...il.com, cyruscyliu@...il.com, yajin@...kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: prevent ->ssid overflow in
 rtw_wx_set_scan()

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 09:16:48PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 07:26:19PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > today the patch which removes wext handlers has been accepted
> > (commit 174ac41a7aafb31041cba3fe54ccd89b9daeef5d)
> > in staging-testing so maybe rtw_wx_set_scan is going to disappear.
> > 
> 
> From a process perspective, in staging we don't track things that might
> happen in the future.  We look at each patch in the order that they
> arrive and either apply them or reject them.

Wenlong's patch will be applied on top of staging-testing first,
and it won't apply due to wext-removal patch.

> 
> And from a practical perspective this patch might be something that
> people want to backport so it would be nice to apply it.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter

thank you,

fabio