linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] pinctrl: Relax user input size in pinmux

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:17:59 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] pinctrl: Relax user input size in pinmux_select()

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 4:38 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
> > This is debugfs and there is no much sense to strict the user from
> > sending as much data as they can. The memdup_user_nul() will anyway
> > fail if there is not enough memory.
> >
> > Relax the user input size by removing an artificial limitaion.
>
> How are the chances to avoid typos also in such a change description?

I don't care much about typos, and when a patch is coming from Andy
it's certainly not a blocker for anything since his patches are
of high technical value.

Yours,
Linus Walleij