linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 06/25] x86/stacktool: Compile-time stack metadata validation

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Message-ID: <20160112161024.GE30558@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:10:24 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Pedro Alves <palves@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...rovitsch.priv.at>,
	Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 06/25] x86/stacktool: Compile-time stack metadata
 validation

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:06:39AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> This file is a straight copy from the kernel arch/x86/include/asm/insn.h
> file, and there's even a Makefile target which warns if there are any
> differences between the two.  I figured it's such a minor issue that it
> wasn't worth the churn to fix both files.

That target could surely learn to ignore comments, I guess. You could
also kill that address in both files later, ontop, when you feel bored. :)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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