linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] USB: core: remove dead code in do_proc

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Message-ID: <2024110947-umpire-unwell-ac00@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 07:59:12 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	angus.chen@...uarmicro.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] USB: core: remove dead code in do_proc_bulk()

On Sat, Nov 09, 2024 at 10:11:41AM +0800, Rex Nie wrote:
> Since len1 is unsigned int, len1 < 0 always false. Remove it keep code
> simple.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: ae8709b296d8 ("USB: core: Make do_proc_control() and do_proc_bulk() killable")
> Signed-off-by: Rex Nie <rex.nie@...uarmicro.com>
> ---
> changes in v2:
> - Add "Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org" (kernel test robot)

Why is this relevant for the stable kernels?  What bug is being fixed
that users would hit that this is needed to resolve?

thanks,

greg k-h