linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SPI fixes for v5.17-rc7

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Message-ID: <YinzW413m6p0H/i1@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:47:23 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SPI fixes for v5.17-rc7

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 04:25:34AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 4:13 AM Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:

> > One fix for type conversion issues when working out maximum
> > scatter/gather segment sizes which caused problems for some systems
> > which where the limits overflow due to the type conversion.

> Side note: 'ctrl->max_dma_len' is a 'size_t', so even 'unsigned int'
> isn't necessarily a sufficient type.

Hrm, yes - thanks for spotting that.

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