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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 19:51:14 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kconfig: Add transitional symbol attribute for
migration support
On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 08:44:56PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> If you change sym_calc_visibility() to always return 'yes' for
> transitional values then I don't think you need to touch
> sym_calc_value() at all.
Hm, it looks like sym_calc_visibility() doesn't strictly just look at
visibility. And visibility seems to "last"? And I think the "tri" still
can't just be "yes", don't we need the other stuff handled?
Do you see a way to do it how you're suggesting? And now I wrote the
regression tests so we can test any alternatives! ;)
--
Kees Cook
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