linux-kernel - Re: string.h: Mark 34 functions with __must

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Message-ID: <b8bdfb25-deb8-9da0-3572-408b19bb0507@web.de>
Date:   Wed, 9 Oct 2019 19:04:23 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: string.h: Mark 34 functions with __must_check

> Ah, granted, I was surprised, too.

Thanks for this view.


> Maybe would be helpful to mention that in the commit message.

My Linux software build resources might be too limited to take
more system configuration variations safely into account
for this issue.
Would you like to achieve further checks here?

Regards,
Markus