Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH net] AX.25: Prevent out-of-bounds read in ax25_sendmsg()

2020-07-24 Thread David Ranch
I need to ask the following question to the Linux kernel community as the AX25 amateur radio community is already having to work around a few broken commits that were committed 4.1.22+: Is anyone actually _*testing*_ these proposed changes to make sure the AX.25 and related ecosystem still

Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] refactor code and mark expected switch fall-throughs

2017-10-28 Thread David Ranch
so I can better understand if it makes sense to add tests there? For example, do you know if it's "changed based" so only certain tests will run if given files are updated? --David KI6ZHD On 10/28/2017 06:45 PM, David Miller wrote: From: David Ranch Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:

Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] refactor code and mark expected switch fall-throughs

2017-10-28 Thread David Ranch
ith WAY too much noise for various development areas. Does anyone else have thoughts on this topic? --David KI6ZHD On 10/27/2017 12:48 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: Hi David, Quoting David Ranch : Hello Gustavo, I appreciate you working on keeping up the kernel and maintaining some of the olde

Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] refactor code and mark expected switch fall-throughs

2017-10-27 Thread David Ranch
Hello Gustavo, I appreciate you working on keeping up the kernel and maintaining some of the older feature areas like AX.25, Netrom, etc. Other than auditing your code changes, can you tell me what you're changing? I've been attempting to find who / where does regression tests for the Linus

Re: PATCH 1/1] AX.25: Close socket connection on session completion

2016-07-04 Thread David Ranch
Hello David, Unless I'm doing something wrong, it seems this patch has only been applied to the newest kernel: Git/linux-stable$ git tag -l --contains 4a7d99ea1b27734558feb6833f180cd38a159940 v4.7-rc6 How can we get this critical fix applied to the other stable kernel versions? I w

Re: PATCH 1/1] AX.25: Close socket connection on session completion

2016-06-18 Thread David Ranch
Hello David, I don't have a specific commit # for you at the moment but there have been a few serious regressions since 4.1.x. When new code gets commited, are there any systems to run regession tests on? I'd be willing to build up a pair of VMs that can be run with scripts to verify say basi