linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 15:09:41 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Martin Uecker <Martin.Uecker@....uni-goettingen.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/const.h: Explain how __is_constexpr() works

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 02:05:53PM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> I don't think adding slightly inaccurate comments would help a future
> reader at all. Then it's better to just stick to Linus' "it's art, and
> art should not be explained".

/* You are not expected to understand this */