Re: Get involved in the KSPP

[Oscar Carter <oscar.carter@gmx.com>]

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:27:32AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 07:20:37PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:15:18AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > One mostly mechanical bit of work would be this:
> > > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20
> > > There are likely more fixes needed to build the kernel with
> > > -Wcast-function-type (especially on non-x86 kernels). So that would let
> > > you learn about cross-compiling, etc.
> > >
> > > Let us know what you think!
> >
> > Great. This task seems good to me. I'm already working on it but I would like to
> > know if it's correct to compile my work against the master branch of Linus tree
> > or if there is some other better branch and tree.
>
> For doing these kinds of things I tend to recommend either the last
> full release from Linus (e.g. v5.6) or, if you want, the latest -rc2
> (e.g. v5.7-rc2). Both are tagged, so you can based your tree on them
> easily:
>
> $ git clone ....
> $ git checkout v5.7-rc2 -b devel/cast-function-type
> $ *do stuff, etc*

Thanks for the clarification.

> --
> Kees Cook

Regards.

Oscar Carter