Dear Adrian,

In message <3392231.3254.1396864604431.JavaMail.adrian@Gurnard> you wrote:
> 
> > From: "Wolfgang Denk" <w...@denx.de>
> 
> > I agree that the code is wrong and needs fixing.  data->new is an
> > uint8_t pointer, so taking the size of the pointer is obviously
> > wrong.  But what you fix here is not the only place where
> > sizeof(data->new) is used, so this patch fixes part of the problem at
> > best.
> 
> I can't find any other instances of sizeof in usb_kbd.c.

Yes, you are right.  I did not see that your patch fixes both
occurrences of sizeof(data->new).

> Is this a broader problem in the USB stack?

I haven't looked at the other code, so I cannot comment on that.

> > Can you please try out if the following extended version f the patch
> > works and fixes your problem?  You will note that I removed all
> > occurrences of this magic number 8 by replacing it with
> > USB_KBD_PDATA_SIZE  so the could should also be easier to read.
> 
> I've tested your extended patch, and it does fix the problem for me. I agree 
> that adding USB_KBD_PDATA_SIZE
> does improve readability.

Thanks for testing.

Marek, can you then please use my version of the patch instead of the
original one?

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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