linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] kernel.h: drop STACK

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 16:58:52 +0100
From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>
To: "Yury Norov (NVIDIA)" <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Christophe Leroy <chleroy@...nel.org>, 
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>, Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>, 
	David Laight <david.laight@...box.com>, Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>, 
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>, Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>, 
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...nel.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] kernel.h: drop STACK_MAGIC macro

Hi Yuri,

On Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 12:52:32PM -0500, Yury Norov (NVIDIA) wrote:
> The macro was introduced in 1994, v1.0.4, for stacks protection. Since
> that, people found better ways to protect stacks, and now the macro is
> only used by i915 selftests. Move it to a local header and drop from
> the kernel.h.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>

Thanks,
Andi