Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: fix silent truncation in spi_nor_read()

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/16/2019 08:18 AM, Vignesh Raghavendra wrote:

>> spi_nor_read() assigns the result of 'ssize_t spi_nor_read_data()' to
>> an 'int ret' variable, where the silent truncation isn't really valid --
>> ssize_t is a 64-bit type and *int* is a 32-bit type on 64-bit machines.
>>
> 
> Good catch! Curious to know if you did observe any real issue because of
> this bug?

   I think I need to rewrite the description in a more clear way, so don't
apply this as yet, please.

MBR, Sergei

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