linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipc: explicitly clear stack memory in user structs

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Message-ID: <1289351010.28590.81.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:03:30 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipc: explicitly clear stack memory in user structs

On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 16:54 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com> wrote:
> >> I don't quite see where you got the particular collection of people from.
> > I used scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> Hmm. I get totally different results. You had
>   linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
>   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
>   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
>   "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> and I get
>   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
>   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
>   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
>   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
>   linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> so there is something odd going on there.

I'd like to know as well.

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