From: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@ge.com>
To: Dmitry Kalinkin <dmitry.kalinkin@gmail.com>,
Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <devel@driverdev.osuosl.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:42:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <559A77CB.9070705@ge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1423C916-AB8D-409B-B844-BCF72975625E@gmail.com>
On 25/06/15 13:05, Dmitry Kalinkin wrote:
>
> This is why I think this is not a “we broke userspace” situation.
The vme_user module is also in the staging tree and (almost) by
definition the API shouldn't be considered as stable.
Martyn
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-06 12:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-23 12:42 [PATCH 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:21 ` Frans Klaver
2015-06-23 13:44 ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:43 ` Frans Klaver
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 13:51 ` Dan Carpenter
2015-06-23 14:13 ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 6/9] staging: vme_user: return -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-25 11:27 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-06-25 12:05 ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-25 17:05 ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 12:42 ` Martyn Welch [this message]
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 16:03 ` [PATCHv2 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 0/9] vme_user checkpatch fixes and read()/write() rework Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 1/9] staging: vme_user: fix code alignment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 2/9] staging: vme_user: fix blank lines Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 3/9] staging: vme_user: fix NULL comparison style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 4/9] staging: vme_user: fix kmalloc style Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 5/9] staging: vme_user: allow large read()/write() Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 6/9] staging: vme_user: switch to returning -EFAULT on __copy_*_user errors Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 12:51 ` Martyn Welch
2015-07-06 13:10 ` Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-07-06 13:51 ` Martyn Welch
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-26 20:39 ` [PATCHv3 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 7/9] staging: vme_user: remove unused variable Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 8/9] staging: vme_user: remove distracting comment Dmitry Kalinkin
2015-06-23 12:42 ` [PATCH 9/9] staging: vme_user: remove okcount variable Dmitry Kalinkin
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