linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] skbuff: suppress clang object-size-mismatch error

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Message-ID: <e1235016-bcec-d7b4-ecbc-cf7e3365317e@linaro.org>
Date:   Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:09:38 -0800
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...aro.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     elver@...gle.com, nathan@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        jonathan.lemon@...il.com, alobakin@...me, willemb@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, cong.wang@...edance.com, haokexin@...il.com,
        ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        keescook@...omium.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skbuff: suppress clang object-size-mismatch error

On 11/18/21 08:38, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 08:05:01 -0800 Tadeusz Struk wrote:
>> On 11/12/21 07:42, David Miller wrote:
>>> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:54:44 -0800
>>>    
>>>> I'm not sure if that stalled due to lack of time or some fundamental
>>>> problems.
>>>
>>> ran out of time, then had a stroke...
>>>    
>>>> Seems like finishing that would let us clean up such misuses?
>>>
>>> yes it would
>>
>> so since there is not better way of suppressing the issue atm are
>> you ok with taking this fix for now?
> 
> I vote no on sprinkling ugly tags around to silence some random
> checkers warning. We already have too many of them. They are
> meaningless and confusing to people reading the code.
> 
> This is not a fundamental problem, the solution is clear.
> 

Fair enough.

David, did you post your work somewhere if someone would like to pick
it up and finish it?

-- 
Thanks,
Tadeusz