linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] docs: Explain the desired position of function attributes

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Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 07:58:32 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] docs: Explain the desired position of function
 attributes

On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 10:28:40AM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:57 AM Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> >
> > In this case I think we're as close as to consensus as things get.  In
> > the absence of a strong reason to the contrary, I'll apply this before
> > too long.
> 
> No strong reason, but there was the question about the `__malloc` in a
> separate line in the second example which seems to contradict the
> declaration and it is not explained otherwise (+ clang-format does it
> differently).

I'll send a v5 -- the "extern" also needs to be dropped.

-- 
Kees Cook