netdev - Re: [PATCH -next] netrom: fix invalid use of sizeof in nr

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Message-Id: <20130408.224905.1206528635530811269.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:49:05 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	weiyj.lk@...il.com
Cc:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, minipli@...glemail.com,
	yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, minipli@...glemail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] netrom: fix invalid use of sizeof in nr_recvmsg()

From: Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:07:19 +0800

> From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
> 
> sizeof() when applied to a pointer typed expression gives the size of the
> pointer, not that of the pointed data.
> Introduced by commit 3ce5ef(netrom: fix info leak via msg_name in nr_recvmsg)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>

Any particular reason you're:

1) Targetting the wrong tree.  This was a bug fix that went into
   'net', therefore targetting -next is not correct.  This fix
   need to go into 'net'.

2) Not even bothering to CC: the person whose change you are
   correcting?

Anyways, applied to 'net', thanks.

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