linux-kernel - Re: [kernel-hardening] [RFC V2 1/6] lib: vsprintf: additional kernel pointer filtering options

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:54:47 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        Chris Fries <cfries@...gle.com>,
        Dave Weinstein <olorin@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [RFC V2 1/6] lib: vsprintf: additional kernel
 pointer filtering options

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 09:29:08AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:26:50 +0200
> Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > I'm curious to why you are adding a "Signed-off-by"? That usually means
> > > that you either help author it, or it is going through your tree. I've
> > > never seen a "Signed-off-by" in passing. That's usually a "Acked-by" or
> > > "Reviewed-by".  
> > 
> > I did help author it :)
> > 
> > Hope that helps,
> 
> Ah! Than than makes a huge difference. I just didn't see anything in
> the change log that suggested that you did.

It's hard to show that, I know others on the cc: helped author it as
well, it's a complex patchset that has gone through many different
authors over many months.  Hopefully Tobin will be the one to finally
finish it up and get it merged.

thanks,

greg k-h