linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] usercopy: use unsigned long instead of uintptr

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Message-ID: <YqtcEnD3f8KrGfIZ@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:36:34 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, Jason@...c4.com,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, urezki@...il.com, joe@...ches.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        willy@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usercopy: use unsigned long instead of uintptr_t

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 09:29:12AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:

> Given Linus's confirmation: applied to for-next/hardening, thanks! I
> do note, however, that we have almost 1700 uses of uintptr_t in the
> kernel. Perhaps we need to add a section to the CodingStyle doc?

checkpatch too.

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