Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid

From	Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid
Date	2015-12-28 14:40 +0100
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> According to Dell WMI document mentioned in ML dicussion archived at
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg07220.html OS should
> check Dell WMI descriptor structure.

"Should" or "can"?  I skimmed through the ACPI-WMI PDF and Mario's
message again and I couldn't find any explicit statement urging the
reader to check the structure in question before doing anything else.

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Michał Kępień
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  [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 22:30 +0100
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      Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 14:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is  valid Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2015-12-28 14:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is valid Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2015-12-28 15:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is  valid Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2015-12-29 13:50 +0100
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            Re: [PATCH 1/2] dell-wmi: Check if Dell WMI descriptor structure is  valid Michał Kępień <kernel@kempniu.pl> - 2015-12-30 12:30 +0100
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