netdev - Re: [PATCH -next] iwlwifi: dbg: work around clang bug by marking debug strings static

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:18:33 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Shahar S Matityahu <shahar.s.matityahu@...el.com>,
        Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] iwlwifi: dbg: work around clang bug by marking
 debug strings static

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:15 PM Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2019-07-16 at 10:28 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:15 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > > Better still would be to use the format string directly
> > > in both locations instead of trying to deduplicate it
> > > via storing it into a separate pointer.
> > >
> > > Let the compiler/linker consolidate the format.
> > > It's smaller object code, allows format/argument verification,
> > > and is simpler for humans to understand.
> >
> > Whichever Kalle prefers, I just want my CI green again.
>
> We already changed this in a later internal patch, which will reach the
> mainline (-next) soon.  So let's skip this for now.

Ok, but this has now regressed into mainline and is blocking Linaro's
ToolChain Working Group's CI, so if you could send a bugfix ASAP we'd
appreciate it.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers