linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] uapi: fix __DECLARE_FLEX

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Message-ID: <683d7b5f-48b5-492d-8577-0be85bff8d89@p183>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:06:49 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     'Kees Cook' <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] uapi: fix __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY for C++

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 08:19:20AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> ...
> > Okay, can you please split the patch so they can be backported
> > separately? Then I'll get them landed, etc.
> 
> Since the header with just the extra #endif is badly broken on C++
> isn't it best to ensure they get back-ported together?
> So one patch is probably better.

Header guard misplacement is not a bug, file ends with:

	#ifndef __counted_by
	#define __counted_by(m)
	#endif

it is just looks confusing in the diff.