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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>, Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Qing Zhao <qing.zhao@oracle.com>,
	"Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>, Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compiler Attributes: Add __counted_by macro
Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 16:44:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40D4BB7A-2583-45B9-B76A-E174CAC4B248@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72nZNU-x_8ONmtzainxDUMedFT+FHww1xu9Ho07gxfAD9w@mail.gmail.com>

On May 4, 2023 11:27:32 AM PDT, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 8:16 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> + * Optional: future support coming in clang 17 and gcc 14
>
>Should we just say:
>
>    Optional: only supported since clang >= 17
>    Optional: only supported since gcc >= 14
>
>even if they are in the future? That way we avoid changing it later.
>If somebody asks, you already say it it is in the future the commit
>message, so it should be clear enough... :)
>
>And if the compilers end up not supporting it on those versions for
>some unexpected reason, well, we will need to fix the comment either
>way.

Yeah, fair point!

>
>(I can change it on my side if you prefer)

Sure, thanks! (But I'm happy to send a v2 if that's easier for you, too.)

-Kees



-- 
Kees Cook

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-04 23:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-04 18:16 [PATCH] Compiler Attributes: Add __counted_by macro Kees Cook
2023-05-04 18:19 ` Kees Cook
2023-05-04 18:27 ` Miguel Ojeda
2023-05-04 23:44   ` Kees Cook [this message]
2023-05-04 18:37 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-04 21:18 ` Nathan Chancellor

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