25 Feb
2022
25 Feb
'22
11:45 p.m.
On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:16:25 -0800 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org wrote:
If ksize() is used on an allocation, the compiler cannot make any assumptions about its size any more (as hinted by __alloc_size). Force it to forget.
One caller was using a container_of() construction that needed to be worked around.
Please, when fixing something do fully explain what that thing is. I, for one, simply cannot understand why this change is being proposed.
Especially when proposing a -stable backport! Tell readers what was the end-user impact of the bug.
Even that didn't tell me. Is it just a clang warning? Does the kernel post your private keys on reddit then scribble all over your disk drive? I dunno.