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From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Michal Marek" <mmarek@suse.cz>,
	"Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@android.com>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kconfig: switch to "long long" for sanity
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:47:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130718204744.GC3417@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdX4dj3q53RsWTTmo-AOU1ee-xgp257CwacJnHfWn0BEAQ@mail.gmail.com>

Kees, Geert, All,

On 2013-07-18 22:00 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven spake thusly:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> > Instead of using "long" for kconfig "hex" and "range" values, which may
> > change in size depending on the host architecture, use "long long". This
> > will allow values greater than INT_MAX on 32-bit hosts when cross
> > compiling.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

Ok, thanks, I'll take in my tree.

Is it material for -rc-fixes, or can it wait in -for-next?

My gut feelings is that it does not fix an existing breakage, but only a
potential problem in the future, so it would be a candidate for
-for-next. Agreed?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-07-18 20:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-18 18:32 [PATCH v2] kconfig: switch to "long long" for sanity Kees Cook
2013-07-18 20:00 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-07-18 20:47   ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2013-07-18 22:01     ` Kees Cook

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