| Date | Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:20:25 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 72/72] string.h: fix incompatibility between FORTIFY_SOURCE and KASAN |
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On Tue 2020-06-09 09:46:08, Daniel Axtens wrote: > Hi Sasha, > > There's nothing inherently wrong with these patches being backported, > but they fix a bug that doesn't cause a crash and only affects debug > kernels compiled with KASAN and FORTIFY_SOURCE. Personally I wouldn't > change a core header file in a stable kernel for that. Perhaps I'm too > risk-averse.
You are in agreement with existing documentation -- stable is only for serious bugs.
Pavel
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