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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: "Alejandro W. Sior" <aho@sior.be>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	intel-gvt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid()
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 17:47:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <743818af-fa38-e31a-1780-84a6a7e72e25@web.de> (raw)

> In the function intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid of gvt/kvmgt.c, pos can get equal to NULL for GPUs that do not
> properly support EDID. …

* I propose to reconsider the previous patch subject once more.

* Did the script “checkpatch.pl” point any adjustment possibilities out
  for the change description?


> This patch solves this problem by …

Would an imperative wording be preferred for the commit message?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n151


> … to a nagative value, …

Please avoid a typo here.


I suggest to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message.

Regards,
Markus
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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: "Alejandro W. Sior" <aho@sior.be>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	intel-gvt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid()
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 17:47:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <743818af-fa38-e31a-1780-84a6a7e72e25@web.de> (raw)

> In the function intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid of gvt/kvmgt.c, pos can get equal to NULL for GPUs that do not
> properly support EDID. …

* I propose to reconsider the previous patch subject once more.

* Did the script “checkpatch.pl” point any adjustment possibilities out
  for the change description?


> This patch solves this problem by …

Would an imperative wording be preferred for the commit message?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#n151


> … to a nagative value, …

Please avoid a typo here.


I suggest to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message.

Regards,
Markus
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Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx

             reply	other threads:[~2020-09-09  7:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-08 15:47 Markus Elfring [this message]
2020-09-08 15:47 ` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gvt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid() Markus Elfring
2020-09-08 18:11 ` [Intel-gfx][PATCH v2] drm/i915/gvt: Prevent " Alejandro Sior
2020-09-08 18:11   ` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH " Alejandro Sior
2020-09-08 18:11   ` [Intel-gfx][PATCH " Alejandro Sior
2020-09-11  5:39   ` Zhenyu Wang
2020-09-11  5:39     ` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH " Zhenyu Wang
2020-09-12  7:02     ` [Intel-gfx][PATCH " Aho Sior
2020-09-12  7:02       ` [Intel-gfx] [PATCH " Aho Sior
2020-09-12  7:02       ` [Intel-gfx][PATCH " Aho Sior
2020-09-08 18:25 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for " Patchwork
2020-09-08 18:42 ` [Intel-gfx] ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success " Patchwork
2020-09-08 19:41 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.IGT: failure " Patchwork
2020-09-11  6:00 ` [Intel-gfx] ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: failure for drm/i915/gvt: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in intel_vgpu_reg_rw_edid() (rev2) Patchwork

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