Re: [PATCH RESEND] scsi: hpsa: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Tue Sep 23 2025 - 17:16:12 EST


Hi Don,

On 23. Sep 2025, at 21:40, Don.Brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ...
> Thanks for your patch.
>
> We do not normally make changes to this driver as it is in maintenance mode.

Is there a general way to check if a driver is in maintenance mode?

Did you get a chance to look at my other patch [1] yet, which fixes a
potential memory leak in this driver? That's probably more important
than the refactorings.

Thanks,
Thorsten

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250919092637.721325-1-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/