linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: add prototype for __fortify

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Message-ID: <20240531204947.GNZlo367G0YXVbOk1I@fat_crate.local>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 22:49:47 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
	Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: add prototype for __fortify_panic()

On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 01:46:37PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Please do not do this. It still benefits from compile-time sanity
> checking.

Care to elaborate how exactly it benefits?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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