From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com>
Cc: forest@alittletooquiet.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory conruption bug
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 08:06:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YxrX8tNR4uHCUWPT@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+sZ8B_VtmUWnvvfWBUV1WVq_=gRid+6ffGRQwdxp+9DYcLDtw@mail.gmail.com>
A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 08:01:29AM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Just out of curiosity, how can we be sure that sizeof(unsigned int)
> is never 8 bytes? The C standard doesn't say anything about this, as
> far as I know.
Do you know of a Linux architecture that this is true?
Linux has a few more requirements than C does (i.e. an unsigned long has
to hold a pointer) so don't go by the C requirements please.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-09 6:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-09 5:30 [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory conruption bug Nam Cao
2022-09-09 5:47 ` Greg KH
2022-09-09 6:01 ` Nam Cao
2022-09-09 6:06 ` Greg KH [this message]
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