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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 May 2019 11:40:30 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix double fetch in wmi_ioctl.
To:     JingYi Hou <houjingyi647@gmail.com>
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        Andy Shevchenko <andy@infradead.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:23 AM JingYi Hou <houjingyi647@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a double fetch problem in function wmi_ioctl.
> After second fetch overwrite the length to avoid this.
> buf->length is not used now,but it may in the future.
> It is good to get it fixed up.

So, there is no issue right now.
Patch is not needed then.

Thanks!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko