Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:34:19 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] task_struct: Only use anon struct under randstruct plugin |
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:30:47 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Morton > <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:36:09 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote: > >> Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> > >> Fixes: 29e48ce87f1e ("task_struct: Allow randomized") > >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > > > > Why cc:stable? > > Since the padding existed in all configs, it's kind of an ugly wart > and should likely be fixed up for 4.14 and 4.15 -stable.
That didn't tell us much :( Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst doesn't mention "ugly wart".
I think what you're hearing here is that this patch needs a better changelog, please. Not an uncommon failing, sigh. A better explanation of the origins of this padding and a better explanation of the reasons for backporting the fix.
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