linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: npcm-fiu: Fix UMA reads when dummy.nbytes == 0

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Message-ID: <ac0f55e5-e78c-42d6-a262-d0cef0bc0629@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 23:52:41 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     William Kennington <william@...nnington.com>
Cc:     avifishman70@...il.com, joel@....id.au,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        tali.perry1@...il.com, tmaimon77@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: npcm-fiu: Fix UMA reads when dummy.nbytes == 0

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 03:39:43PM -0700, William Kennington wrote:
> > All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
> > tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
> > the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
> > problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or

> Should I have marked this as a fix? I realized this after the fact but I
> need this backported to stable tree in order for my spi device to not crash
> the kernel.

Yes, although given the way stable picks things up there's a good chance
they'll grab it anyway based on the changelog.  You can mail the stable
maintainers and ask for a backport once it hits Linus' tree to make
sure.

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