2023-09-29 18:35:40

by Jeff Johnson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 wireless-next 2/9] carl9170: remove unnecessary (void*) conversions

On 9/29/2023 9:10 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 9/29/2023 12:23 AM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
>> I would like to take the chance to again point to this beauty:
>> <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/TYAP286MB03154F9AAFD4C35BEEDE4A99BC4CA@TYAP286MB0315.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/T/#mf1b8919a000fe661803c17073f48b3c410888541>
>> @Dan, @Jeff can you please comment on that too?
>
> I had not seen that patch since it was posted while I was transitioning
> roles. It looks like a reasonable patch to me to handle FORTIFY_SOURCE
> restrictions.

Saw Dan's reply, and further looked at the patch and saw this wasn't
actually a typical FORTIFY_SOURCE patch, so presumably this change is
NOT needed.