Re: [PATCH] staging: most: video: fix read() length underflow

From: Alexandru Hossu

Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 05:16:49 EST


Hi Dan,

Thanks for the detailed review.

You are right: given how fh->offs is set and the single-reader guard via
atomic_inc_and_test(&mdev->access_ref), fh->offs should not exceed
mbo->processed_length, so my underflow concern is unfounded. I will drop
this patch.

I also appreciate the guidance about documenting variable invariants and
where they are set. I will include that analysis up front for similar
changes in the future.

Regards,
Alexandru