linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Test for kmalloc/memset(0) pairs

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

Message-ID: <AANLkTimdbs2AZ9OE6j+=ziJA1LR2wkZR5qsT8AEq--5x@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:06:26 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nicolas Palix <npalix@...u.dk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Test for kmalloc/memset(0) pairs

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>> Indeed that one seems to be quite out of date.  You can get the most
>> recent version here: https://launchpad.net/~npalix/+archive/coccinelle
>
> With tools/coccinelle/ you would never run into such problems of distributing
> the latest stable version to your fellow kernel developers: it would always be
> available in tools/coccinelle/.
>
> Integration, synergy, availability, distribution and half a dozen other
> buzzwords come to mind as to why it's a good idea to have kernel-focused
> tools hosted in the kernel repo :-)
>
> IMO it's an option to consider.

That's my thinking too. Yes, 80 KLOC of OCaml in the kernel tree
sounds crazy but I think the practical advantages might be enough to
justify it. Btw, would git-submodule be something to consider here?
--
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/