linux-kernel - Re: string.h: Mark 34 functions with __must

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:25:42 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: string.h: Mark 34 functions with __must_check

>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/test_kasan.c?id=b92a953cb7f727c42a15ac2ea59bf3cf9c39370d#n595
>
> The *test* word must have given you a clue that the code you a looking
> at is not an ordinary one.

The proposed extension of function annotations can be tested also together
with this source file example, can't it?
Other system configuration variations might become more interesting
for further software components.

Regards,
Markus