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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: James Wang <jnwang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Liangyan <liangyan.peng@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Xunlei Pang <xlpang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	yinbinbin@alibabacloud.com, wetp <wetp.zy@linux.alibaba.com>,
	stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Correct the length check which causes memory corruption
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 17:11:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210609171139.3fa05337@oasis.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=win1FaZQga_XYSkRLx0-mF6dSm-HhP2RQ9ZZ3S380SeOg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:55:04 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I think the cleanups could be separate. I in no way _hate_ Liangyan's
> patch, it's just that when looking at it I just went "that code is
> very confusing".

OK, I'll do the clean up now for the next merge window.

> 
> So I'm certainly also ok with just getting that ugly fix, and then
> hope for a cleanup later. Maybe with a comment or two.

My tests are currently at the "allyesconfig" portion, and has other
tests to finish up after that. So I expect it will be done in a few
hours, and if there's no issues, I'll send it to you after it is
completed.

Thanks,

-- Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-09 21:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-07 12:57 [PATCH] tracing: Correct the length check which causes memory corruption Liangyan
2021-06-07 13:46 ` James Wang
2021-06-09 20:08   ` Linus Torvalds
2021-06-09 20:51     ` Steven Rostedt
2021-06-09 20:55       ` Linus Torvalds
2021-06-09 21:11         ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2021-06-09 21:43       ` Linus Torvalds
2021-06-09 22:18         ` Steven Rostedt
2021-06-07 15:34 ` Steven Rostedt

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