Re: [GIT PULL] hardening updates for v6.3-rc1

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 14:49:08 EST


On February 21, 2023 11:16:33 AM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:38 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Please pull these hardening updates for v6.3-rc1.
>
>So I've pulled this, but while looking at it, I see commit
>5c0f220e1b2d ("Merge branch 'for-linus/hardening' into
>for-next/hardening").
>
>And that one-liner shortlog part is literally the whole commit message.
>
>I've said this before, and apparently I need to say this again: if you
>cannot be bothered to explain *WHY* a merge exists, then that merge is
>buggy garbage by definition.

Okay, understood. This was a merge of the fixes for v6.2. I'll explain that more clearly in the log from now on. :)

-Kees


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Kees Cook