linux-kernel - Re: Merging of completely unreviewed drivers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <m3ir0ebedr.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:47:12 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Glenn Streiff <gstreiff@...Effect.com>,
	Faisal Latif <flatif@...Effect.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: Merging of completely unreviewed drivers

Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org> writes:

> I strongly disagree.  Machine-generated warnings are a great way of
> quickly locating a large amount of questionable code in an otherwise
> overwhelming haystack.  It doesn't even matter much, which warnings you
> look for.  Almost all code checkers find the same hotspots.

I think you misunderstood. Of course I'm not against warnings in
general. I'm rather talking about _authority_ of human vs machine,
in this specific ("measuring" code complexity) case.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
--
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/