linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] s390: zcrypt: initialize variables before

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:13:52 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Harald Freudenberger <freude@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Franzki <ifranzki@...ibm.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] s390: zcrypt: initialize variables before_use

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 11:54 AM Harald Freudenberger
<freude@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> On 08.04.19 23:26, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Thanks Arnd, but as Nathan already wrote, I'd prefer to have the
> variable initialized with 0 instead of -1.
> If you agree with this, I'll rewrite the patch and apply it to our
> internal git and it will appear at kernel org with the next s390 code merge then.

That's fine with me, I don't care about the specific value that gets
assigned here.

Thanks,

      Arnd