linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] usb: gadget: aspeed_udc: validate endpoint index for ast udc

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:25:05 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Ma Ke <make24@...as.ac.cn>,
	Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...econstruct.com.au>,
	Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
	Neal Liu <neal_liu@...eedtech.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] usb: gadget: aspeed_udc: validate endpoint index for
 ast udc

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 05:20:07PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >>>>> We should verify the bound of the array to assure that host
> >>>>> may not manipulate the index to point past endpoint array.
> >>>>
> >>>> Why did you not choose an imperative wording for your change description?
> >>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc5#n94
> >>>
> >>> Markus, please stop reviewing USB patches.  This is not helpful at all,
> >>> and causes new developers extra work for no reason at all.
> >>
> >> How does this feedback fit to the linked information source?
> >
> > That is not what I wrote.
> 
> You indicated concerns according to patch review processes,
> didn't you?
> 
> See also:
> * Patch submission notes
>   https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc5/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst#L100

This is not the tip tree.

> * Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst?h=v6.10-rc5#n3

I do not see how this is relevant here.

> > I wrote, "Please stop reviewing USB patches."
> >
> > Please stop now.
> 
> I might be going to influence evolution of this software area in other ways
> under other circumstances.

Please take some time and find other projects to help out.

greg k-h