linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] string: use __builtin

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Date:   Wed, 10 May 2023 09:07:50 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, elver@...gle.com, dvyukov@...gle.com,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, andy@...nel.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, nathan@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] string: use __builtin_memcpy() in strlcpy/strlcat

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 03:48:28PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> >
> > I *think* this isn't a problem for CONFIG_FORTIFY, since these will be
> > replaced and checked separately -- but it still seems strange that you
> > need to explicitly use __builtin_memcpy.
> >
> > Does this end up changing fortify coverage?
> 
> Is fortify relevant here? Note that the whole file is compiled with
> __NO_FORTIFY.

Yeah, agreed. I think I was just curious if that got verified. I'm good
with this.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook