Re: [PATCH v2] memory: brcmstb_dpfe: fix array index out of bounds

[Markus Mayer]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 09:46, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 09:40:59AM -0700, Markus Mayer wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 04:56, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:52:21AM -0700, Markus Mayer wrote:
> > > > We would overrun the error_text array if we hit a TIMEOUT condition,
> > > > because we were using the error code "ETIMEDOUT" (which is 110) as an
> > > > array index.
> > > >
> > > > We fix the problem by correcting the array index and by providing a
> > > > function to retrieve error messages rather than accessing the array
> > > > directly. The function includes a bounds check that prevents the array
> > > > from being overrun.
> > > >
> > > > This patch was prepared in response to
> > > >     https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/18/505.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <mmayer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Your Signed-off-by does not match From field. Please run
> > > scripts/checkpatch on every patch you send.
> > >
> > > I fixed it up, assuming markus.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxxx is the valid email
> > > address.
> >
> > No. I have always been using mmayer@xxxxxxxxxxxx since it is shorter.
> > That's also what's in the MAINTAINERS file. Please change it back. I
> > accidentally used the long form for one of my e-mail replies which is
> > where the confusion must have originated.
>
> I'll drop the patch then. You need to resend with SoB matching email.

Oh, I am starting to see what's happening here. This is new and
apparently due to some changes with the mail server setup on our end.

I have this in my patch file:

$ head 0001-memory-brcmstb_dpfe-fix-array-index-out-of-bounds.patch