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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jimmy Hu <hhhuuu@google.com>
Cc: mathias.nyman@intel.com, badhri@google.com,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: Check endpoint is valid before dereferencing it
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 07:46:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y6P9R36yrOnDpyVz@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJh=zjKv-h0LT68rzDTTi=AA-8jBv+ke5DKW9M0v6Y9Qte-rfQ@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 Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 02:39:16PM +0800, Jimmy Hu wrote:
> The xhci_kill_endpoint_urbs() function was added in commit 50e8725e7c42 -
> 2014-03-04 xhci: Refactor command watchdog and fix split string. [Sarah
> Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>]
> And then, it is called by xhci_hc_died() function added in d9f11ba9f107 -
> 2017-04-08 xhci: Rework how we handle unresponsive or hoptlug removed hosts
> [Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>]

Ok, so which one do you think should be used?

> Sorry. I don't know if it should also be cc: stable kernels. I use scripts/
> get_maintainer.pl to get the list.
> =========
> $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> 0001-usb-xhci-Check-endpoint-is-valid-before-dereferencin.patch
> Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com> (supporter:USB XHCI DRIVER)
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (supporter:USB SUBSYSTEM)
> linux-usb@vger.kernel.org (open list:USB XHCI DRIVER)
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
> =========

that tool has nothing to do with copying for stable kernels as the perl
script does not know if this is a bugfix or not, right?  Please read
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-22  6:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-22  2:46 [PATCH 1/1] usb: xhci: Check endpoint is valid before dereferencing it Jimmy Hu
2022-12-22  5:57 ` Greg KH
     [not found]   ` <CAJh=zjKv-h0LT68rzDTTi=AA-8jBv+ke5DKW9M0v6Y9Qte-rfQ@mail.gmail.com>
2022-12-22  6:46     ` Greg KH [this message]

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