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dab (David A. Bright)
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Jan 19 2016, 3:49 PM (458 w, 1 d)

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May 11 2024

dab accepted D45153: nvme/f: Use strlcpy instead of strncpy + manual string termination.
May 11 2024, 1:46 AM
dab accepted D45152: nvme: Use strlcpy instead of strncpy to ensure termination.
May 11 2024, 1:45 AM

Feb 9 2024

dab committed rG70450ecd37fa: ntb: Add Intel Xeon Gen4 support (authored by austin.zhang_dell.com).
ntb: Add Intel Xeon Gen4 support
Feb 9 2024, 4:50 PM

Feb 3 2024

dab accepted D43726: libc: Specify parameter types for function pointer.
Feb 3 2024, 11:53 PM · Contributor Reviews (src)
dab accepted D43714: loader: For EFI, if we don't have ConOut, try ConIn.
Feb 3 2024, 11:49 PM
dab added a comment to D43726: libc: Specify parameter types for function pointer.

A nit on the description: "paremeter" should be "parameter"

Feb 3 2024, 11:46 PM · Contributor Reviews (src)
dab added inline comments to D43701: loader: Document the lua loader table..
Feb 3 2024, 11:42 PM

Dec 31 2023

dab accepted D43241: rc.initdiskless: Remove bogus plus sign.
Dec 31 2023, 6:12 PM
dab accepted D43193: nvmem: Move nvmem code in dev/nvmem.
Dec 31 2023, 6:11 PM

Dec 28 2023

dab accepted D43193: nvmem: Move nvmem code in dev/nvmem.

LGTM

Dec 28 2023, 3:54 PM
dab accepted D43201: cam: Let cam_periph_unmapmem() return an error.

LGTM

Dec 28 2023, 3:52 PM

Nov 10 2023

dab accepted D42530: kern linker: Do not try to unload kernel.
Nov 10 2023, 2:07 AM
dab accepted D42527: kern linker: Do not try to unload module if it has dependants.
Nov 10 2023, 2:04 AM

May 30 2023

dab accepted D40236: Fix NULL deref in ip_output during route change.
May 30 2023, 3:04 PM

Feb 23 2023

dab committed rG3ff497061b33: Fix Coverity issue in the NVDIMM driver (authored by robert.herndon_dell.com).
Fix Coverity issue in the NVDIMM driver
Feb 23 2023, 2:43 AM
dab closed D38676: Fix Coverity issue in the NVDIMM driver.
Feb 23 2023, 2:43 AM

Feb 19 2023

dab requested review of D38676: Fix Coverity issue in the NVDIMM driver.
Feb 19 2023, 8:31 PM

Feb 16 2023

dab committed rGb086426bc210: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver (authored by robert.herndon_dell.com).
hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver
Feb 16 2023, 2:24 AM
dab closed D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver.
Feb 16 2023, 2:24 AM

Feb 14 2023

dab updated the diff for D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver.

Correct author in commit log.

Feb 14 2023, 4:51 PM
dab added a comment to D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver.

Common practice for attributing the submitter with git is:

git commit --amend --author='Robert Herndon <Robert.Herndon@Dell.com>'

Feb 14 2023, 4:28 PM
dab added a reviewer for D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver: michael.baptist_dell.com.
Feb 14 2023, 2:48 PM

Feb 12 2023

dab updated the diff for D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver.

Re-submit

Feb 12 2023, 11:27 PM
dab requested review of D38551: hyperv: Fix Coverity issues in the Hyper-V driver.
Feb 12 2023, 11:21 PM

Apr 12 2022

dab committed rG0966fb1b74b3: Extend the length of dirpath to fix failure in kyua test (authored by dab).
Extend the length of dirpath to fix failure in kyua test
Apr 12 2022, 4:27 PM
dab closed D34885: Extending the length of dirpath to fix the failure in kyua test sys/audit/inter-process:shm_unlink_success.
Apr 12 2022, 4:27 PM
dab commandeered D34885: Extending the length of dirpath to fix the failure in kyua test sys/audit/inter-process:shm_unlink_success.

I'll commit the change.

Apr 12 2022, 4:11 PM
dab accepted D34885: Extending the length of dirpath to fix the failure in kyua test sys/audit/inter-process:shm_unlink_success.
Apr 12 2022, 3:33 PM

Feb 23 2022

dab accepted D34354: rtsold: Use correct error in llflags_get().
Feb 23 2022, 4:51 PM

Dec 28 2021

dab accepted D33667: atrtc: reads Century field from FADT table.

LGTM

Dec 28 2021, 7:12 PM · x86

Oct 11 2021

dab committed rGe72fce241f88: RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address (authored by dab).
RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address
Oct 11 2021, 7:07 PM
dab committed rG7ee00acd40bf: RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address (authored by dab).
RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address
Oct 11 2021, 5:39 PM

Oct 4 2021

dab closed D31491: Rpcbind: skip ipv6 link local if a request doesn't come from link local address.
Oct 4 2021, 5:47 PM
dab committed rGd18c9a919795: RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address (authored by dab).
RPCBIND: skip ipv6 link local when request is not from link local address
Oct 4 2021, 5:47 PM
dab added a comment to D31491: Rpcbind: skip ipv6 link local if a request doesn't come from link local address.

I'll go ahead and commit.

Oct 4 2021, 3:43 PM
dab committed rG50c20d90f97f: ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic (authored by dab).
ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic
Oct 4 2021, 2:07 PM
dab committed rG52e1406947b4: ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic (authored by dab).
ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic
Oct 4 2021, 1:55 PM

Sep 27 2021

dab committed rGe3cf7ebc1d36: ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic (authored by dab).
ntb_hw_intel: fix xeon NTB gen3 bar disable logic
Sep 27 2021, 7:15 PM

Aug 30 2021

dab accepted D31491: Rpcbind: skip ipv6 link local if a request doesn't come from link local address.
Aug 30 2021, 12:44 PM

Jun 30 2021

dab accepted D30962: veriexec: fix two compat issues in kernel manifest parser.
Jun 30 2021, 3:26 PM
dab added a reviewer for D30960: veriexec: handle VE_FINGERPRINT_IGNORE from vectx_open: dab.
Jun 30 2021, 3:02 PM
dab added inline comments to D30960: veriexec: handle VE_FINGERPRINT_IGNORE from vectx_open.
Jun 30 2021, 3:01 PM

Jun 9 2021

dab committed rGfe58db828934: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output (authored by dab).
pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output
Jun 9 2021, 4:20 PM
dab committed rG7f06d6f3fdde: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output (authored by dab).
pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output
Jun 9 2021, 4:19 PM
dab committed rG80a5d786a3cd: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs (authored by dab).
libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs
Jun 9 2021, 4:17 PM
dab committed rG3045f4aa1a2b: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs (authored by dab).
libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs
Jun 9 2021, 4:15 PM

Jun 1 2021

dab committed rG3df4c387d2e3: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs (authored by dab).
libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs
Jun 1 2021, 4:09 PM
dab closed D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
Jun 1 2021, 4:08 PM
dab committed rG2f176a2b2010: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output (authored by dab).
pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output
Jun 1 2021, 3:56 PM
dab closed D30441: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output.
Jun 1 2021, 3:56 PM

May 26 2021

dab added inline comments to D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
May 26 2021, 12:29 PM

May 25 2021

dab added inline comments to D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
May 25 2021, 10:04 PM
dab updated the diff for D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
  • Fix typo
May 25 2021, 10:03 PM
dab updated the test plan for D30441: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output.
May 25 2021, 1:14 PM
dab updated the summary of D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
May 25 2021, 1:49 AM

May 24 2021

dab updated the test plan for D30441: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output.
May 24 2021, 8:50 PM
dab retitled D30441: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output from Fix up pciconf -lc output to pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output.
May 24 2021, 7:20 PM
dab requested review of D30441: pciconf: Fix up pciconf -lc output.
May 24 2021, 7:18 PM
dab updated the diff for D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
  • Shorten comment
May 24 2021, 5:30 PM
dab requested review of D30414: libsa: Fix infinite loop in bzipfs & gzipfs.
May 24 2021, 5:27 PM

Apr 29 2021

dab accepted D29993: EFI secure boot VECTX related changes.
Apr 29 2021, 4:30 PM
dab accepted D30007: ipmi: support getting address from EFI.
Apr 29 2021, 2:44 PM

Apr 27 2021

dab requested changes to D30007: ipmi: support getting address from EFI.

Looks good; just a few style nits.

Apr 27 2021, 1:46 PM

Apr 26 2021

dab accepted D29993: EFI secure boot VECTX related changes.
Apr 26 2021, 3:33 PM

Apr 6 2021

dab accepted D29606: uefisign: handle empty sections.
Apr 6 2021, 3:48 PM

Apr 2 2021

dab accepted D29276: smbios: support getting address from EFI.
Apr 2 2021, 4:15 PM

Mar 31 2021

dab added a comment to D29276: smbios: support getting address from EFI.

Looks pretty good. I would agree that it should be tested on a LEGACY (non-UEFI) BIOS.

Mar 31 2021, 6:22 PM
dab accepted D29512: Loader: support booting OS from memory disk (MD).

LGTM

Mar 31 2021, 3:21 PM
dab accepted D29270: ipmi,smbios: move smbios_walk_table to smbios.h.

LGTM

Mar 31 2021, 1:59 PM

Oct 22 2020

dab added a reviewer for D26895: db_search_symbol: prevent pollution from bogus symbols: dab.
Oct 22 2020, 1:55 AM
dab added a comment to D26895: db_search_symbol: prevent pollution from bogus symbols.

Seems reasonable, although I think the explanation from your description of this change should really go in the code comment rather than the rather terse and enigmatic "Prevent pollution from bogus symbols".

Oct 22 2020, 1:54 AM

Oct 1 2020

dab accepted D26616: zgrep: fix exit status with multiple files.
Oct 1 2020, 1:30 AM

Sep 29 2020

dab committed rS366262: MFC r365967:.
MFC r365967:
Sep 29 2020, 5:10 PM
dab committed rS366261: MFC r365948:.
MFC r365948:
Sep 29 2020, 4:39 PM
dab committed rS366255: MFC r365946:.
MFC r365946:
Sep 29 2020, 3:00 PM

Sep 21 2020

dab committed rS365967: Whitespace fix after r365948.
Whitespace fix after r365948
Sep 21 2020, 6:34 PM
dab committed rS365948: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.
Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol
Sep 21 2020, 3:46 PM
dab closed D26390: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.
Sep 21 2020, 3:42 PM
dab committed rS365946: Add an ioctl to get an NVMe device's maximum transfer size.
Add an ioctl to get an NVMe device's maximum transfer size
Sep 21 2020, 3:42 PM

Sep 18 2020

dab updated the diff for D26390: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.

Allocate the buffer based on max_xfer_size as suggested by a review comment.

Sep 18 2020, 2:43 PM

Sep 16 2020

dab added inline comments to D26390: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.
Sep 16 2020, 1:30 PM
dab updated the diff for D26390: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.

Combine statements that calculate the transfer size as suggested by review comments.

Sep 16 2020, 1:25 PM

Sep 10 2020

dab requested review of D26390: Honor the FWUG value of some drives in nvmecontrol.
Sep 10 2020, 1:11 PM

Jul 15 2020

dab committed rS363231: MFC r362634:.
MFC r362634:
Jul 15 2020, 5:34 PM

Jun 25 2020

dab committed rS362634: Add CAP_EVENT to pidfiles..
Add CAP_EVENT to pidfiles.
Jun 25 2020, 9:34 PM
dab closed D25363: Add CAP_EVENT to pidfiles..
Jun 25 2020, 9:34 PM

Jun 23 2020

dab added a comment to D25363: Add CAP_EVENT to pidfiles..
In D25363#559516, @cem wrote:

Do delete events actually notify on the deleted file? I would expect to receive a notification on the pid's parent directory, but am not sure about the pid file itself.

Jun 23 2020, 7:09 PM
dab requested review of D25363: Add CAP_EVENT to pidfiles..
Jun 23 2020, 3:22 AM

Jun 18 2020

dab added a comment to D25312: Relax the rule against declaring variables in nested scopes..
In D25312#558449, @jhb wrote:

BTW, one thing this leaves ambiguous is [whether] you can declare variables in the middle of blocks vs at the beginning. That is:

Jun 18 2020, 9:23 AM
dab accepted D25312: Relax the rule against declaring variables in nested scopes..
Jun 18 2020, 9:18 AM

May 14 2020

dab committed rS361030: MFC r360568:.
MFC r360568:
May 14 2020, 12:52 PM

May 2 2020

dab committed rS360568: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.
Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver
May 2 2020, 8:48 PM
dab closed D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.
May 2 2020, 8:48 PM

May 1 2020

dab updated the diff for D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.

Switch from a (uint64_t) cast to specifying ULL on a numeric constant
to widen the data type of an expression (suggested by imp@).

May 1 2020, 9:25 PM
dab added inline comments to D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.
May 1 2020, 1:41 PM
dab updated the diff for D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.

Changes based on some review comments.

May 1 2020, 2:39 AM
dab added inline comments to D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.
May 1 2020, 2:37 AM

Apr 30 2020

dab updated the diff for D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.

Changes based on some review comments.

Apr 30 2020, 11:21 PM

Apr 29 2020

dab added inline comments to D23963: netgraph/ng_bridge: Introduce "uplink" ports without MAC learning.
Apr 29 2020, 12:44 PM

Apr 23 2020

dab added inline comments to D24532: Fix various Coverity-detected errors in nvme driver.
Apr 23 2020, 8:57 PM