linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: Enable GCC diagnostic context for value-tracking warnings

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Message-ID: <CANiq72mzu_reg+A7vV9ARtu40g4R2rGr6ort5SgjX2Wozo6j-Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:01:27 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: "Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, 
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, 
	Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>, 
	Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: Enable GCC diagnostic context for
 value-tracking warnings

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Fixes based on this work have already
> been landing, e.g.:
>
>   4a6f18f28627 ("net/mlx4_core: Avoid impossible mlx4_db_alloc() order value")
>   8a39f1c870e9 ("ovl: Check for NULL d_inode() in ovl_dentry_upper()")
>   e5f7e4e0a445 ("drm/amdgpu/atom: Work around vbios NULL offset false positive")

Thanks for the references & extra context!

Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel