netdev - Re: [PATCH RFT] ieee802154: atusb: move to new USB API

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Date:   Sun, 2 Jan 2022 17:15:38 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Cc:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.19.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT] ieee802154: atusb: move to new USB API

Hi,

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 12:19, Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Alexander reported a use of uninitialized value in
> atusb_set_extended_addr(), that is caused by reading 0 bytes via
> usb_control_msg().
>

Does there exist no way to check on this and return an error on USB
API caller level?

> Since there is an API, that cannot read less bytes, than was requested,
> let's move atusb driver to use it. It will fix all potintial bugs with
> uninit values and make code more modern
>

If this is not possible to fix with the "old" USB API then I think the
"old" USB API needs to be fixed.
Changing to the new USB API as "making the code more modern" is a new
feature and is a candidate for next.

- Alex