[PATCH v6 00/18] of: overlay: validation checks, subsequent fixes

Rob Herring robh+dt at kernel.org
Tue Nov 6 06:24:31 AEDT 2018


On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 9:26 AM <frowand.list at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand at sony.com>
>
> Add checks to (1) overlay apply process and (2) memory freeing
> triggered by overlay release.  The checks are intended to detect
> possible memory leaks and invalid overlays.
>
> The checks revealed bugs in existing code.  Fixed the bugs.
>
> While fixing bugs, noted other issues, which are fixed in
> separate patches.
>
> *****  Powerpc folks: I was not able to test the patches that
> *****  directly impact Powerpc systems that use dynamic
> *****  devicetree.  Please review that code carefully and
> *****  test.  The specific patches are: 03/16, 04/16, 07/16

I'm waiting for this to happen. Send me a pull req when it does or
when you give up waiting for a response.

Rob


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