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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:11:41 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:56:00AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Hundreds and hundreds of that atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire(), for
> example. And they might be trivial to fix (it might be similar to the
> fortify-string.h one where it's just a header file that generates most
> of them in one single place), but with all the ones that are just
> clearly the compiler being silly, they aren't really even worth
> looking at.

Yeah, I've had to fight these casts in fortify-string.h from time to
time. I'd love to see the patch you used -- I bet it would keep future
problems at bay.

-- 
Kees Cook