From: "Ethan Tidmore" <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
To: "Ethan Tidmore" <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>,
"MalavyaRaval" <malavyaraval@gmail.com>,
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <linux-staging@lists.linux.dev>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <luka.gejak@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: break long lines in rtw_sta_mgt.c
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:59:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DH6ZN6U0R690.O0V7T8PKOJUQ@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DH6ZMB4R4HJN.3M9JIY3LOU8DT@gmail.com>
On Thu Mar 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM CDT, Ethan Tidmore wrote:
> On Thu Mar 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM CDT, MalavyaRaval wrote:
>> The original patch attempted to use the preferred sizeof(*ptr) style,
>> but since the target variable is a u8 pointer, this caused a buffer
>> overflow. Reverting to sizeof(struct sta_info) ensures the correct
>> allocation size while satisfying the line-splitting requirement.
Also this commit message is totally unrelated to the change.
Thanks,
ET
>>
>> Signed-off-by: MalavyaRaval <malavyaraval@gmail.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 17:42 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: break long lines in rtw_sta_mgt.c MalavyaRaval
2026-03-19 18:58 ` Ethan Tidmore
2026-03-19 18:59 ` Ethan Tidmore [this message]
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2026-03-19 2:48 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Break " Malavya Raval
2026-03-19 8:39 ` Luka Gejak
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