From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753507AbYJ1BEV (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:04:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752224AbYJ1BEL (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:04:11 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:45575 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752145AbYJ1BEK (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:04:10 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 1H5Ws/hQUkPZTeoJ5wsA7gcWiPnXlE2pJ1Tthrms7LvN 1225155848 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] autofs4 - remove string terminator check From: Ian Kent To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, autofs@linux.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20081027175541.3567e585.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20081023023513.4508.54940.stgit@raven.themaw.net> <20081023023522.4508.27987.stgit@raven.themaw.net> <20081027133131.f2011d28.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1225153622.2938.1.camel@zeus.themaw.net> <20081027175541.3567e585.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:04:02 +0900 Message-Id: <1225155842.2938.19.camel@zeus.themaw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 17:55 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:27:02 +0900 > Ian Kent wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 13:31 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:35:22 +0800 > > > Ian Kent wrote: > > > > > > > Remove unnecessary string terminator check. > > > > > > Why is it unnecessary? > > > > > > Does this change alter behaviour in any way? > > > > > > Does it fix a bug? > > > > Umm .... it was done in response to your comment, quoted below ... > > umm, the number of patches I've handled recently overflowed a u16. > Please don't rely on my memory! Plus "read akpm's mind" isn't a very > useful changelog. > > Please send a new and complete changelog for this patch? OK, a resend will be done. Ian