Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: prevent ->ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan()

From: Fabio Aiuto
Date: Fri Aug 27 2021 - 02:46:57 EST


On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 09:16:48PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 07:26:19PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> > today the patch which removes wext handlers has been accepted
> > (commit 174ac41a7aafb31041cba3fe54ccd89b9daeef5d)
> > in staging-testing so maybe rtw_wx_set_scan is going to disappear.
> >
>
> From a process perspective, in staging we don't track things that might
> happen in the future. We look at each patch in the order that they
> arrive and either apply them or reject them.

Wenlong's patch will be applied on top of staging-testing first,
and it won't apply due to wext-removal patch.

>
> And from a practical perspective this patch might be something that
> people want to backport so it would be nice to apply it.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter

thank you,

fabio