linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Compiler Attributes: disable __counted

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=kjk5Kkebz2-QrOuwRKENAziTXhXrnKNL4eoOo4diO3A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 15:51:12 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Dafna Hirschfeld <dafna.hirschfeld@...el.com>
Cc: Jan Hendrik Farr <kernel@...rr.cc>, kees@...nel.org, nathan@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Compiler Attributes: disable __counted_by for clang < 19.1.3

On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM Dafna Hirschfeld
<dafna.hirschfeld@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Why is the define of __counted_by moved from here (compiler_attributes.h)
> to a different location (compiler_types.h) ?

`compiler_attributes.h` is supposed to have only things that do not
depend on the kernel configuration and so on.

It sounds like those out-of-tree headers should be fixed.

I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Miguel