linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] lib/string: Enable string selftesting

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKLjuZ3Kpmh41C7rEvBc2JFT_UM3LcooeJimA9zZvBM2A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:58:08 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] lib/string: Enable string selftesting

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 1:55 PM Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 12:55:09PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 4:44 AM Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > +       If unsure, say N.
>
> Does that mean that this is redundant too?

I've started leaving this off Kconfigs more and more lately. I don't
think it's needed here.

-- 
Kees Cook