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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Don.Brace@microchip.com
Cc: "<James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>"
	<James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	martin.petersen@oracle.com, storagedev@microchip.com,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] scsi: hpsa: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:15:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <14365372-FCDF-4830-B999-317C7D7E28DB@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ2PR11MB8369DC643759199AD1642C1FE11DA@SJ2PR11MB8369.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>

Hi Don,

On 23. Sep 2025, at 21:40, Don.Brace@microchip.com wrote:
> ...
> Thanks for your patch.
> 
> We do not normally make changes to this driver as it is in maintenance mode.

Is there a general way to check if a driver is in maintenance mode?

Did you get a chance to look at my other patch [1] yet, which fixes a
potential memory leak in this driver? That's probably more important
than the refactorings.

Thanks,
Thorsten

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250919092637.721325-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/


  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-23 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-23 17:15 [PATCH RESEND] scsi: hpsa: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user Thorsten Blum
2025-09-23 19:40 ` Don.Brace
2025-09-23 21:15   ` Thorsten Blum [this message]
2025-09-25  1:41 ` Martin K. Petersen

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