Re: [PATCH v2] compiler.h: give up __compiletime_assert_fallback()

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 15:29:35 EST


On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:03 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:45:19AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm not digging up a compiler.h patch from a web site and adding it to
> > > the tree this late in the release cycle. Especially given that it
> > > hasn't had any testing anywhere...
> >
> > Good point about it not living in -next.
> >
> > Who should be carrying these sorts of patches? In the past it's been
> > Andrew or Masahiro, yes? For linux-next, maybe it can go via -mm?
>
> Either is fine with me, as long as it isn't one of my trees :)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Besides, I think we want the v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/25/103
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers