From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] string: uninline memcpy_and_pad
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 11:39:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202111031135.B2559A1B@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wiUtTkstJiEwsedWLaq3WdjfW8=0JD6v0qLAFSfzfWBaA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 11:34:05AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Kees - once you have gotten all compilers fixed and everybody using
> them, you can send a patch to make it inline again.
Fair enough. I've got a pile of changes underway that do touch a bunch
of these things, so yeah, we'll have pretty wide coverage soon enough.
> I estimate that is in about ten years or so.
Heh. Well, luckily, both GCC and Clang have been pretty responsive about
getting legitimate bugs[1] fixed, so I'm gonna aim for "less than 10
years". ;)
-Kees
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101419
--
Kees Cook
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-03 18:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-02 14:25 [RESEND PATCH v2] string: uninline memcpy_and_pad Guenter Roeck
2021-11-03 17:37 ` Kees Cook
2021-11-03 18:03 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-11-03 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-11-03 18:39 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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