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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] x86/PCI: Fix a sanity check in pirq_convert_irt_table()
On Sat, 6 May 2023, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> We compare the size in bytes of a struct (and its ending flexible array)
> with the number of elements in a flexible array.

Incorrect, see the inline documentation for the struct.

> This is wrong and "ir->size < ir->used" is likely to be always false.

Hopefully, but we've seen all kinds of rubbish in PC BIOS data, and this
data structure seems available for OEMs to program with a tool called BCP.
Better safe than sorry. Therefore, NAK.

Maciej

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