linux-hardening - Re: [GIT PULL] Enable -Wcast-function-type for 5.17-rc1

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Message-ID: <20220112012950.GA21526@embeddedor>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:29:50 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Enable -Wcast-function-type for 5.17-rc1

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 05:13:24PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 11:32 AM Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <gustavoars@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Please, pull the following patch that globally enables
> > -Wcast-function-type.
> 
> This seems to have been in linux-next, so hopefully that means that
> all cases that used to warn are actually fixed and there are no ugly
> surprises waiting..

Yep; this has been in linux-next for a whole development cycle. The
cases that showed up during that time were alredy fixed.

In case any other issue shows up I'll address it ASAP.

Thanks
--
Gustavo