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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:58:44 -0800
From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ALTERNATIVE] ext4: Treat s_mount_opts and mount_opts as
 __nonstring
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 01:46:18PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Effectively revert 8ecb790ea8c3, 3db63d2c2d1d, and ee5a977b4e77, and fix
> 04a91570ac67 to treat s_mount_opts and ext4_tune_sb_params::mount_opts
> as __nonstring.

Ignore this patch version, please. Darrick's archeology
suggests it is not the right direction to go:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260206214502.GP7686@frogsfrogsfrogs/

-- 
Kees Cook