linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: Check endpoint is valid before dereferencing it

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Message-ID: <Y6P9R36yrOnDpyVz@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2022 07:46:31 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jimmy Hu <hhhuuu@...gle.com>
Cc:     mathias.nyman@...el.com, badhri@...gle.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: Check endpoint is valid before
 dereferencing it

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On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 02:39:16PM +0800, Jimmy Hu wrote:
> The xhci_kill_endpoint_urbs() function was added in commit 50e8725e7c42 -
> 2014-03-04 xhci: Refactor command watchdog and fix split string. [Sarah
> Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>]
> And then, it is called by xhci_hc_died() function added in d9f11ba9f107 -
> 2017-04-08 xhci: Rework how we handle unresponsive or hoptlug removed hosts
> [Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>]

Ok, so which one do you think should be used?

> Sorry. I don't know if it should also be cc: stable kernels. I use scripts/
> get_maintainer.pl to get the list.
> =========
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> 0001-usb-xhci-Check-endpoint-is-valid-before-dereferencin.patch
> Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com> (supporter:USB XHCI DRIVER)
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> (supporter:USB SUBSYSTEM)
> linux-usb@...r.kernel.org (open list:USB XHCI DRIVER)
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
> =========

that tool has nothing to do with copying for stable kernels as the perl
script does not know if this is a bugfix or not, right?  Please read
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

thanks,

greg k-h