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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] kconfig: switch to "long long" for sanity
Kees, Geert, All,

On 2013-07-18 22:00 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven spake thusly:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > Instead of using "long" for kconfig "hex" and "range" values, which may
> > change in size depending on the host architecture, use "long long". This
> > will allow values greater than INT_MAX on 32-bit hosts when cross
> > compiling.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Ok, thanks, I'll take in my tree.

Is it material for -rc-fixes, or can it wait in -for-next?

My gut feelings is that it does not fix an existing breakage, but only a
potential problem in the future, so it would be a candidate for
-for-next. Agreed?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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