linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Fix some compile warnings in v5.18+

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Date:   Tue, 31 May 2022 07:40:24 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Fix some compile warnings in v5.18+

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 08:31:01PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Building driver r8188eu in staging with -warray-bounds exposes two places
> where arrays are too small.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> ---
> v2 - get proper To and Cc
> v3 - Use Dan Carpenter's suggestion for correct patch.
> 
> Larry Finger (2):
>   staging: r8188eu: Fix undersized array in rtw_xmit.c
>   staging: r8188eu: Fix warning of array overflow in ioctl_linux.c
> 
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c      | 17 ++++-------------
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.36.1
> 

Hi Larry,

Both patches look good to me, however I've already submitted a patch 10
days ago that does exactly what your rtw_xmit.c patch does, in
addition to fixing the changed error handling semantics for the relevant
function (in f94b47c6bde6) which broke the driver.

Regards,
Phil