linux-kernel - Re: Fix English in description of GCC_PLUGIN

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5j+4tp722-ZZkYbyvXCB-mDC4Jer9fs5M08fSmSKvOwO7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:41:48 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fix English in description of GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK

On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 11:52 PM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
> Fixes: c61f13eaa1ee ("gcc-plugins: Add structleak for more stack initialization")
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  arch/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-4.11-rc8.orig/arch/Kconfig    2017-04-03 02:23:54.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-4.11-rc8/arch/Kconfig 2017-04-24 08:42:42.889766657 +0200
> @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
>         bool "Force initialization of variables containing userspace addresses"
>         depends on GCC_PLUGINS
>         help
> -         This plugin zero-initializes any structures that containing a
> +         This plugin zero-initializes any structures containing a
>           __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of information
>           exposures.

Thanks! I'll get this applied for -next. :)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security