Re: [PATCH 2/3] HID: logitech-{dj,hidpp}: check report length

[Jiri Kosina]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:

> This is my personal opinion and Jiri can say something different. I
> tend not to send big patches while there is a window opened. Sometimes
> Jiri has the time to get through them, sometime he does not.
> In this case, I think the patches you sent should be in the bugs fixes
> categories, and, IMO should make into 3.19-rc1 or 3.19-rc2 (especially
> the length check which could lead to CVEs if not tackled soon enough).
> For these kind of things there is no timing, and the sooner the
> better.
> That being said, make sure that you keep track of those patches in
> case they get lost for obvious reasons and be prepared to remind about
> them if they do not make their way in Jiri's tree.
> 
> Jiri, comments?

I don't mind patches being sent during a merge window, it doesn't disturb 
my workflow.

But it's always good to explicitly mark patches which are bugfixes and 
should go to -rc, so that I bump up the priority for reviewing them.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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