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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:32:09 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, ak@...e.de, adaplas@...il.com, linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, benh@...nel.crashing.org Subject: Re: [git patches] two warning fixes Linus Torvalds wrote: > So let's make a new rule: > > We absolutely NEVER add things like "must_check" unless not checking > causes a real and obvious SECURITY ISSUE. > > And we absolutely *never* add crap like "deprecated", where the only > point of the warning is to effectively hide *real* problems. > > So realistically, the only thing that needs must_check is pretty much > things like "get_user()" and quite frankly, I'm not sure even about that > one. > > Ok? Sounds great to me... My overall goal is killing useless warnings that continually obscure real ones. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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