Re: [patch v2 2/3] staging: speakup: check and convert dev name or ser to dev_t

[Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 09:15:33AM +0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > +int ser_to_dev(int ser, dev_t *dev_no)
> > +{
> > +	if (ser < 0 || ser > (255 - 64)) {
> > +                pr_err("speakup: Invalid ser param. \
> > +				Must be between 0 and 191 inclusive.\n");
> 
> As Andy pointed out, never do this for a C string, it's not doing what
> you think it is :)
Of course! I am sorry I should address such issues before submitting.
Will watch out more carefully next time.

> 
> Worse case, do this like the following:
> 		pr_err("speakup: Invalid ser param."
> 			"Must be between 0 and 191 inclusive.\n");
> 
> Also note, you are using spaces here in the patch, always run
> checkpatch.pl on your patches, so you don't get a grumpy maintainer
> telling you to run checkpatch.pl on your patches :)
Sure.

Thanks for the patience.

Okash