Re: SLIP: Is there a maintainer for drivers/net/slip/slip.c ?

[Dean Jenkins]

Hi Peter,

On 24/06/13 14:53, Peter Hurley wrote:
> On 06/24/2013 04:27 AM, Dean Jenkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using the Linux v3.9 tag, I note that
> >
> > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f drivers/net/slip/slip.c
> > netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS)
> > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)
> >
> > There seems to be no maintainer for drivers/net/slip/slip.c, is that 
> > true ?
> >
> > I am asking because sl_encaps() and slip_write_wakeup() do not handle 
> > error codes from tty->ops->write() and a recursive stack overflow 
> > crash can occur if the tty->ops->write() fails to write all the 
> > characters. I have some patches to fix this but would like some 
> > feedback on an appropriate solution.
>
> SLIP changes would likely go through David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
> TTY changes would go through Greg Kroah-Hartman 
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I have already sent an E-mail to David Miller and the netdev mailing 
list but so far got not reply from David.

So I guess I have sent my patches to the correct place ;)

Thanks,

Regards,
Dean Jenkins
Mentor Graphics
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