Re: Linux 6.2-rc3

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Mon Jan 09 2023 - 17:43:49 EST


On 1/9/23 23:18, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:47 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> fs/f2fs/inline.c: In function 'f2fs_move_inline_dirents':
>> include/linux/fortify-string.h:59:33: error: '__builtin_memset' pointer overflow between offset [28, 898293814] and size [-898293787, -1] [-Werror=array-bounds]
>
> Ok, I guess we'll have to disable this gcc warning for this version
> again. I don't think anybody figured out why it happens. We had
> several people look at it (Kees, Vlastimil, Jaegeuk) and I think
> everybody ended up going "tis looks like a compiler thing".
>
> Does anybody remember - what was the compiler version again and what
> do we need to disable?

Guenter reported that "The problem is seen with gcc 11.3.0, but not with gcc
12.2.0 nor with gcc 10.3.0."

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221227002941.GA2691687@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

Kees said it's -Warray-bounds, already disabled on gcc 12 for other reasons:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/D8BDBF66-E44C-45D4-9758-BAAA4F0C1998@xxxxxxxxxx/