Re: Memory corruption due to word sharing

From: Aldy Hernandez
Date: Thu Feb 02 2012 - 10:59:48 EST


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Seriously - is there any real argument *against* just using the base
> type as a hint for access size?

If I'm on the hook for attempting to fix this again, I'd also like to
know if there are any arguments against using the base type.
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