Re: [patch] usb: io_edgeport: eliminate get_string()

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Am Montag, 25. Januar 2010 21:54:16 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> I don't think this patch should go to stable as it does not fix anything
> severe. Worst case is that in the unlikely event that usb_control_msg
> fails and you have debugging enabled one may end up with 64 non-sense
> characters in you log. There's no risk for any memory corruption
> AFAICT.

It does fix DMA on the stack. Are you sure this is always harmless
on non-x86?

	Regards
		Oliver
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