From: "Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)" <mkp@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Don Brace <don.brace@microchip.com>,
Kees Cook <kees+treewide@kernel.org>,
"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
"Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@kernel.org>,
storagedev@microchip.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: hpsa: Make buff allocation type unsigned
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:35:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq1ecegpwo1.fsf@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917211137.i.357-kees@kernel.org>
Kees,
> The assigned type is "unsigned char **", but the converted allocation
> type would be "char **", whose elements point to a character type of a
> different signedness, so the two pointer types are not compatible.
> Take the size from the assignment target instead. No change in
> allocation size results.
Applied to 7.4/scsi-staging, thanks!
--
Martin K. Petersen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-26 2:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 21:11 [PATCH] scsi: hpsa: Make buff allocation type unsigned Kees Cook
2026-09-26 2:35 ` Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) [this message]
2026-10-06 2:44 ` Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)
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