linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] netfs: Fix gcc-12 warning by embedding vfs inode in netfs_i

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jun 2022 15:05:46 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfs: Fix gcc-12 warning by embedding vfs inode in netfs_i_context

On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 3:04 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> IOW, I think you really should do something like the attached on top
> of this all.

Just to clarify: I did apply your patch. It's an improvement on what
used to go on.

I just think it wasn't as much of an improvement that it should have
been, and that largely untested patch I attached is I think another
step in a better direction.

                      Linus