linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.33-rc1 build failure: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct

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Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:27:10 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@...earchut.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.33-rc1 build failure: copy_from_user() buffer size is not
 provably correct

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:18:26 -0800
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 12/21/2009 03:09 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > 
> > I have verified the build tree and am building from -rc1 only. The
> > fix you've mentioned above is also part of it.
> > 
> > debian-build:/tmp/all-yes-config/2.6.33-rc1# cat Makefile |grep
> > EXTRAVERSION EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
> > 
> > Must be a newer bug then.
> > 
> 
> No, it's the same one, but different gcc.  Sigh.

worth trying the variant I had ;-)
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