linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: Make PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC

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Message-ID: <CABRcYmJSNqbe-GexfgJNULNWSs5Msmp1O+rThy_D6baGXvKt-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 21:04:51 +0200
From:   Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alexey Izbyshev <izbyshev@...ras.ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        catalin.marinas@....com, anshuman.khandual@....com,
        joey.gouly@....com, mhocko@...e.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        peterx@...hat.com, broonie@...nel.org, szabolcs.nagy@....com,
        kpsingh@...nel.org, gthelen@...gle.com, toiwoton@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: Make PR_MDWE_REFUSE_EXEC_GAIN an unsigned long

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 4:10 PM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> >> I'm easily confused by such (va_args) things, so sorry for the dummy
> >> questions.
> >
> > This stuff *is* confusing, and note that Linux man pages don't even tell
> > that prctl() is actually declared as a variadic function (and for
> > ptrace() this is mentioned only in the notes, but not in its signature).
>
> Agreed, that's easy to miss (and probably many people missed it).
>
>
> Anyhow, for this patch as is (although it feels like drops in the ocean
> after our discussion)
>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Thanks everyone for the review and the exchange ! :)