linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] X.509: Fix leap year handling again

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:18:32 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Rudolf Polzer <rpolzer@...gle.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] X.509: Fix leap year handling again

Rudolf Polzer <rpolzer@...gle.com> wrote:

> A small nit: could it be that the month_lengths array also exists elsewhere
> in the kernel?  Can it possibly be shared? A quick glance around didn't pop
> up anything that's not static, so, looks like it's okay to add yet another
> one...

Fair point, but outside of the scope of this patch.  The array already exists
that I'm fixing.  It's definitely material for a future patch though.

Note that the following:

	git grep 'month.*[[]'

trawls up a few candidates.

David