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Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:57:01 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] ieee802154: atusb: move to new USB API
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To:     Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>, alex.aring@gmail.com,
        davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org
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From:   Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
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Hello.

On 08.01.22 14:18, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> Old USB API is prone to uninit value bugs if error handling is not
> correct. Let's move atusb to use new USB API to
> 
> 	1) Make code more simple, since new API does not require memory
> 	   to be allocates via kmalloc()
> 
> 	2) Defend driver from usb-related uninit value bugs.
> 
> 	3) Make code more modern and simple
> 
> This patch removes atusb usb wrappers as Greg suggested [0], this will make
> code more obvious and easier to understand over time, and replaces old
> API calls with new ones.
> 
> Also this patch adds and updates usb related error handling to prevent
> possible uninit value bugs in future
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YdL0GPxy4TdGDzOO@kroah.com/ [0]
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> 	- Fixed logic bug in atusb_get_and_conf_chip()
> 	- Renamed rc variable to reg in atusb_read_subreg()
> 
> ---
>   drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c | 186 ++++++++++++---------------------
>   1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)


This patch has been applied to the wpan-next tree and will be
part of the next pull request to net-next. Thanks!

regards
Stefan Schmidt