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

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 08:29:18 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        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>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: string.h: Mark 34 functions with __must_check

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:11 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> > I'm curious. How many warnings showed up when you applied this patch?
>
> I suggest to take another look at six places in a specific source file
> (for example).
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/test_kasan.c?id=b92a953cb7f727c42a15ac2ea59bf3cf9c39370d#n595

The *test* word must have given you a clue that the code you a looking
at is not an ordinary one.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko