Re: [PATCH 5.10.y] comedi: Fix initialization of data for instructions that write to subdevice

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

✅ All tests passed successfully. No issues detected.
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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 46d8c744136ce2454aa4c35c138cc06817f92b8e

Status in newer kernel trees:
6.15.y | Not found
6.12.y | Not found
6.6.y | Not found
6.1.y | Not found
5.15.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  46d8c744136c ! 1:  b96c24925413 comedi: Fix initialization of data for instructions that write to subdevice
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         comedi: Fix initialization of data for instructions that write to subdevice
     
    +    [ Upstream commit 46d8c744136ce2454aa4c35c138cc06817f92b8e ]
    +
         Some Comedi subdevice instruction handlers are known to access
         instruction data elements beyond the first `insn->n` elements in some
         cases.  The `do_insn_ioctl()` and `do_insnlist_ioctl()` functions
    @@ Commit message
         Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250707161439.88385-1-abbotti@mev.co.uk
         Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
     
    - ## drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c ##
    -@@ drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c: static int do_insnlist_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
    + ## drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c ##
    +@@ drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c: static int do_insnlist_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
      	}
      
      	for (i = 0; i < n_insns; ++i) {
    @@ drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c: static int do_insnlist_ioctl(struct comedi_device
      				dev_dbg(dev->class_dev,
      					"copy_to_user failed\n");
      				ret = -EFAULT;
    -@@ drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c: static int do_insn_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
    +@@ drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c: static int do_insn_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
      			ret = -EFAULT;
      			goto error;
      		}

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Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| origin/linux-5.10.y       | Success     | Success    |