Re: [PATCH] gpio: virtuser: Fix uninitialized data bug in gpio_virtuser_direction_do_write()

Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,org.kernel.vger.linux-gpio,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 25 May 2026 10:15:16 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If *ppos is non-zero then simple_write_to_buffer() won't initialize the
> start of the buffer.  Really, non-zero values for *ppos aren't going to
> work at all.  Check for that return -EINVAL at the start of the function.
> 
> 

I tweaked the commit message a bit for clarity, thanks.

[1/1] gpio: virtuser: Fix uninitialized data bug in gpio_virtuser_direction_do_write()
      https://git.kernel.org/brgl/c/39785f2b3e9fb8f3375dde1e3e4c94ff953871af

Best regards,
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Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
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