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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: remaining flexible-array conversions
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:15:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg+TdPXZ4bDgEwg9x+0m0cmNhwAB3XDQNjwwMjUTG3GJA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6342c465-e34b-3e18-cc31-1d989926aebd@embeddedor.com>

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:23 AM Gustavo A. R. Silva
<gustavo@embeddedor.com> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to ask you if you would agree on pulling the remaining
> flexible-array conversions all at once, after they bake for a couple
> of weeks in linux-next[1]
>
> This is not a disruptive change and there are no code generation
> differences.

The "no code generation differnces" is a good thing, but how was that
tested? I assume just one configuration or architecture?

Also, it bothers me a bit that some of the diff is unrelated
whitespace cleanup. I'd actually be happier with a pure scripted patch
(maybe coccinelle, maybe something else), than something that looks
like it's at least partly manual. In particular, if I can re-create
the diff with a script, I'd not have to worry about verifying it other
ways..

               Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-23 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-22 18:26 remaining flexible-array conversions Gustavo A. R. Silva
2020-04-23 19:15 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-04-24 14:53   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2020-04-24  3:47 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-04-24 12:15   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-04-24 15:24     ` Kees Cook
2020-04-24 15:36       ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2020-10-08 15:24     ` Jan Engelhardt
2020-10-08 15:54       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-04-24 15:17   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva

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