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From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:45:19 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] compiler.h: give up __compiletime_assert_fallback()
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> I'm not digging up a compiler.h patch from a web site and adding it to
> the tree this late in the release cycle.  Especially given that it
> hasn't had any testing anywhere...

Good point about it not living in -next.

Who should be carrying these sorts of patches? In the past it's been
Andrew or Masahiro, yes? For linux-next, maybe it can go via -mm?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security