linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fs: select: fix information leak to userspace

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Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:22:03 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, wharms@....de, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, segoon@...nwall.com,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jakub@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs: select: fix information leak to userspace

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:18:40 -0800

> We can't reasonably address this with gcc changes.  If gcc starts doing
> what we want in the next release, how long will it be until that
> release is the *oldest* version of gcc which the kernel may be compiled
> with?  Five years?

Completely agreed.
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