linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: always export 64bit aligned defines

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Message-Id: <200901021706.25276.vapier@gentoo.org>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:06:23 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: always export 64bit aligned defines

On Friday 02 January 2009 16:59:35 Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> writes:
> > On Friday 02 January 2009 09:24:39 Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >> Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> writes:
> >> > These these defines dont actually conflict with normal userspace / C
> >> > library types, there's no reason to hide them behind the
> >> > __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES define.
> >>
> >> aligned_u64 would pollute the name space, wouldn't it?
> >
> > if by "pollute the name space" you mean "it'll be defined where it
> > normally wasnt before", then yes.
>
> I mean that it may conflict with normal userspace which is the whole
> point of being hidden.

no, there is nothing in userspace that i know of that defines this type.  i 
mentioned this in the changelog already.
-mike

Download attachment "signature.asc " of type "application/pgp-signature" (836 bytes)