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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] flash: Check info pointer in flash_protect().
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 10:38:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100520083848.5667DCCF026@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1274160395-9308-2-git-send-email-mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz>

Dear Mark Tomlinson,

In message <1274160395-9308-2-git-send-email-mark.tomlinson@alliedtelesis.co.nz> you wrote:
> Some calls to flash_protect() do not check that info is not
> NULL. This change prevents this from causing random memory to
> be stomped on.

When exactly would that be the case?

> NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential
> information intended only for the use of the addressee
> named above. If you are not the intended recipient of
...

Such terms are obviously unacceptable for any code that is supposed to
go into mainline.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-05-20  8:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-18  5:26 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/1] Fix hang trying to protect flash sectors Mark Tomlinson
2010-05-18  5:26 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] flash: Check info pointer in flash_protect() Mark Tomlinson
2010-05-19 22:22   ` Mike Frysinger
2010-05-20  8:38   ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2010-05-18  8:20 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/1] Fix hang trying to protect flash sectors Stefan Roese
2010-05-18 20:10   ` mark tomlinson
2010-05-19  9:44     ` Stefan Roese
2010-05-19 21:09       ` mark tomlinson
2010-05-19 21:59         ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-19 23:08           ` Chris Packham
2010-05-20  8:35             ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-20 18:59               ` Chris Packham

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