linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] string.h: un-fortify memcpy_and

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Date:   Tue, 5 Sep 2017 21:26:45 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] string.h: un-fortify memcpy_and_pad

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com> wrote:
> The way I'd implemented the new helper memcpy_and_pad  with
> __FORTIFY_INLINE caused compiler warnings for certain kernel
> configurations.
>
> This helper is only used in a single place at this time, and thus
> doesn't benefit much from fortification. So simplify the code
> by dropping fortification support for now.
>
> Fixes: 3c5fa8cd18f8 "string.h: add memcpy_and_pad()"
> Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>

Looks good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I've added this to my randconfig testing tree, if you don't hear anything
from me by tomorrow, you can assume that it caused no other failures.

      Arnd