linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: Extract hvs_send_data() helper that takes only header

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Date:   Wed, 08 Dec 2021 06:10:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv_sock: Extract hvs_send_data() helper that takes only
 header

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon,  6 Dec 2021 22:32:17 -0800 you wrote:
> When building under -Warray-bounds, the compiler is especially
> conservative when faced with casts from a smaller object to a larger
> object. While this has found many real bugs, there are some cases that
> are currently false positives (like here). With this as one of the last
> few instances of the warning in the kernel before -Warray-bounds can be
> enabled globally, rearrange the functions so that there is a header-only
> version of hvs_send_data(). Silences this warning:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - hv_sock: Extract hvs_send_data() helper that takes only header
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c0e084e342a8

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