From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE645C433EF for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241048AbiFTPMN (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:12:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:39644 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S243269AbiFTPMD (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:12:03 -0400 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18F585FAA; Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:02:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0447B80F4B; Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E2B6EC3411B; Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:02:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1655737338; bh=L0RJ688oW+gNmui5vJ2YfJZGJk8akIpoKMPkkgDcaNw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=RiiFCcJA3SkJPDlOmUocOC9rzARGtL727yrGxz3EYPEW71x6RFYFyU5FJXFrCtl+D F/CvzvCSJsQH1qn2NKTc1QQx5yc8cgQpwThNX/qAdpkfRtYSFslFlEr7EEKesrbfHZ nw122++e6NQB/7sb68L3B22Qk9xBc6Y1R8PCEjRy2YgDbFH2VmeNFjmvKSSh8Tuhy7 ZUH5X4La2PoHlmmGx3tfb29Nq/KTa76VGs/fu3gzINV4RJ34wh1EijYKoUTIH0lbGs dt3V7N/T9/9AIe0TF1mhz7EocqweWH6UtL9UTna7LjUVzGT3xf7xDIkv10hDN/aYcn YW7wm+7yS+z3A== Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:02:16 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Jon Mason Cc: Wentao_Liang , davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH net v2]vexy: Fix a use-after-free bug in vxge-main.c Message-ID: <20220620080216.363e57ea@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20220615013816.6593-1-Wentao_Liang_g@163.com> <20220615195050.6e4785ef@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:40:16 -0400 Jon Mason wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 07:50:50PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > Jon, if you're there, do you have any sense on whether this HW is still > > in production somewhere? I scrolled thru last 5 years of the git history > > and there doesn't seem to be any meaningful change here while there's a > > significant volume of refactoring going in. > > Neterion was killed off by Exar after acquiring it roughly a decade > ago. To my knowledge no one ever acquired the IP. So, this should be > viewed as an EOL'ed part. It is a mature driver and I believe there are > parts out in the field still. So, no need to kill off the driver. There is a real cost to maintaining this driver, refactoring it and dealing with all the poor quality fixes it attracts.