From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCB61320CBC for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767694626; cv=none; b=HRrZeOVgyyaF7eAEnrLOWjcRftCpl5FLqfaIGjyV308fB/1Af8Ds9Xa2kToxhXjeQZgcb+FXaf13/wzS0c98CF4xMX2Fc3m6M6NB7pP5vvVv1OTEhICSzFoezMjhW6gphzAISoq6bOPOF1z7rURC/gbRXUy6OVVrXjhe5ECF3Bo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767694626; c=relaxed/simple; bh=w07ave9ia34nP1DZ9gv6RTRy7pJGoOV3cOUauniR6XI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=sZ8wHZxM26hA5SpGys9K7t/W4sv1Qm3cBdNMRPisIsnwCTvQId/VJyHbX7+j4L7wDayUrJ2AxA2m2pr2iEFwGAGD/7EDj8vqgWMvl/xcRr6K7YjfQAsp4Q+vf7WyJFdv/IrdApEsDQ1rHWfmG5L5ZvBDGhjaAoOiS3OxA99rKeg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=r/bVZTa5; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="r/bVZTa5" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 86A87C116C6; Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:17:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1767694626; bh=w07ave9ia34nP1DZ9gv6RTRy7pJGoOV3cOUauniR6XI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=r/bVZTa5BO52ajEIQXjp0mb1nZWAXcG2vdi1zRQr5gJPfQsd8twRNwp+nr97zVbUb AWTGIQ12hhVL4UKYtu+T0zC49APk+aePdswA0pxRXaCxmhLVUM+h8/f89CQUvZQaMR gNGytEumIIkCjKFAPOZLMEgMkYRQbGks+E6dRNRU= Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 11:17:03 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Alexander Usyskin Cc: Reuven Abliyev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [char-misc] mei: trace: treat reg parameter as string Message-ID: <2026010632-brewing-grandpa-96de@gregkh> References: <20260104082044.3977688-1-alexander.usyskin@intel.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260104082044.3977688-1-alexander.usyskin@intel.com> On Sun, Jan 04, 2026 at 10:20:44AM +0200, Alexander Usyskin wrote: > Process the reg string parameter in secure way. > I'm sorry, but I don't understand this changelog text. What exactly is this doing? Why is a string "better" than a char *? thanks, greg k-h