linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbcon: Use kzalloc() in fbcon_prepare

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Message-ID: <3e818daa-448c-9e36-7059-df26f6ce0075@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 22:33:08 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: Use kzalloc() in fbcon_prepare_logo()

On 2023/01/05 22:22, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Oh I was more asking about the fbdev patch. This here sounds a lot more
> something that needs to be discussed with kmsan people, that's definitely
> not my area.
> -Daniel

Commit a6a00d7e8ffd ("fbcon: Use kzalloc() in fbcon_prepare_logo()") was
redundant but not reverting that commit is harmless. You don't need to
worry about this problem. This is a problem for KMSAN people.