linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] tty: mxser: Remove __counted_by from mxser

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Message-ID: <1313c7a5-d074-4a8f-9ab9-07e4a7716fb9@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:07:55 +0200
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
 Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
 imx@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
 patches@...ts.linux.dev, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: mxser: Remove __counted_by from mxser_board.ports[]

On 30. 05. 24, 10:46, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 
>>> So we should get rid of all those. Sooner than later.
>>>
>> Yes! Please do this.
> 
> Definitely, we are working on that already[1]. :)

FWIW undoing:
commit 7391ee16950e772076d321792d9fbf030f921345
Author: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 15 09:36:07 2013 -0400

     tty: Simplify flip buffer list with 0-sized sentinel

would do the job, IMO.

thanks,
-- 
js
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