From: Guixin Liu <kanie@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Dan Williams <djbw@kernel.org>, Ira Weiny <iweiny@kernel.org>,
Li Ming <ming.li@zohomail.com>, Robert Richter <rrichter@amd.com>,
linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, xlpang@linux.alibaba.com,
oliver.yang@linux.alibaba.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] cxl: Assorted fixes
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:10:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f43fe1df-e7ed-40a8-882e-2963968c10cb@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ant-ttVtO_tFY_rt@aschofie-mobl2.lan>
在 2026/8/12 03:57, Alison Schofield 写道:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 07:36:00PM +0800, Guixin Liu wrote:
>> This is a batch of fixes found while auditing drivers/cxl. They are
>> independent of each other and can be applied individually or dropped in
>> any combination; they are only sent together because they came out of the
>> same pass over the code.
> Hi Guixin Liu.
>
> Thanks for taking a look at CXL and putting these fixes together. I
> appreciate that the intent here is to make the individual fixes easy to
> take or drop. From the maintainer side, though, a grab bag of independent
> findings from an audit has somewhat the opposite effect. It leaves us
> with the audit results and the homework. :)
>
> We have been working through this kind of cleanup in focused functional
> areas, like features, HDM enumeration, etc. Please take a similar approach
> rather than collecting unrelated findings into a single series. Address
> one area at a time.
Sorry, this is my first time sending patch to cxl mailing list,
I will pay attention to these next time, thanks.
>
> As part of that work, please check mailing list traffic and cxl/next for
> fixes that have already been posted or merged, and review the pre-existing
> complaints reported by the Sashiko bot against your patchset:
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260811113608.2815625-1-kanie%40linux.alibaba.com
Sure, I will check before,
but why dosen't Sashiko reply directly in the current email? I can't
reply Sashiko.
> Please also follow the conventions we use for fix commit messages. They
> should not narrate the code change, but rather describe what happens today,
> why that is wrong and its impact, then state how the patch fixes it.
> For an example of switching from code narration to behavior description,
> take a look at my recent reply to a commit message w similar issue:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/ant2Z1mzHCrzmzXn@aschofie-mobl2.lan/
Got that, thanks.
Best Regards,
Guixin Liu
> This up-front triage is becoming increasingly important as we see more
> AI-assisted audits and fix submissions. Without it, maintainers end up
> determining whether each finding is still present, already being
> addressed, significant enough to fix, and where it fits with ongoing
> work. That review burden does not scale with the volume of AI-generated
> findings.
>
> Rather than reworking this series as a whole, please apply this feedback
> to focused CXL fixes you submit going forward.
>
> Thanks,
> Alison
>
>> Guixin Liu (8):
>> cxl/features: Validate the fwctl RPC input length
>> cxl/features: Bound the Get Feature output by the user output buffer
>> cxl/core: Fix dport use-after-free via the einj_inject debugfs file
>> cxl/pci: Fix NULL pointer dereference in reset detection
>> cxl/hdm: Fix out of bounds read of the decoder target list
>> cxl/cdat: Fix uninitialized stack use in endpoint bandwidth gathering
>> cxl/mce: Validate the memdev and endpoint before use
>> cxl/region: Unregister the pmem region bridge on setup failure
>>
>> drivers/cxl/core/cdat.c | 6 +++---
>> drivers/cxl/core/features.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>> drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>> drivers/cxl/core/mce.c | 8 ++++++--
>> drivers/cxl/core/pci.c | 8 ++++++++
>> drivers/cxl/core/port.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
>> drivers/cxl/core/region_pmem.c | 6 ++++--
>> 7 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> base-commit: d58772d8520c7ef247c4b95c9bd76d3a25da9ff5
>> --
>> 2.43.7
>>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 2:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 11:36 [PATCH 0/8] cxl: Assorted fixes Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 1/8] cxl/features: Validate the fwctl RPC input length Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 2/8] cxl/features: Bound the Get Feature output by the user output buffer Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 3/8] cxl/core: Fix dport use-after-free via the einj_inject debugfs file Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 16:03 ` Li Ming
2026-08-12 1:58 ` Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 4/8] cxl/pci: Fix NULL pointer dereference in reset detection Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 5/8] cxl/hdm: Fix out of bounds read of the decoder target list Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 6/8] cxl/cdat: Fix uninitialized stack use in endpoint bandwidth gathering Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 7/8] cxl/mce: Validate the memdev and endpoint before use Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 11:36 ` [PATCH 8/8] cxl/region: Unregister the pmem region bridge on setup failure Guixin Liu
2026-08-11 19:57 ` [PATCH 0/8] cxl: Assorted fixes Alison Schofield
2026-08-12 2:10 ` Guixin Liu [this message]
2026-08-12 6:29 ` Richard Cheng
2026-08-12 6:37 ` Guixin Liu
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