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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] compiler.h: give up __compiletime_assert_fallback()
On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
>> Note that there are a few definitions of BUILD_BUG_ON that still use
>> this negative array size trick. Should that pattern be removed from
>> them as well? See:
>> * arch/x86/boot/boot.h#L33
>> * include/linux/build_bug.h#L66
>> * tools/include/linux/kernel.h#L38
>
> At this moment, -Wvla is the warning-3 level
> in scripts/Makefile.extrawarn.

We're down to a handful of VLA uses, but I don't think the negative
cases should matter since they're _intended_ to break a compile.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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