From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB53C433E0 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 465C52078D for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:54:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1591703651; bh=iBfG8GxVDEIxnY8D2Kh7owDOzMhOq6bQ5SzIneuMYjQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=bOvvvCI7FidGn4/Z+HySWDg96NhHBV/z6gvLy+M0yy6x2zwx5B/K+lcPW91hNkFa5 QlrcsL6JJQ6p1VjDYyDv6VGfJ81JU23CELPSEFkOkV7p8yKgBp4QYt7PPnfTUTqs0u kfckpGtotAFvRGgjPV2z6QXhchCsrcsffxr+HSA8= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726784AbgFILyK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 07:54:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55654 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726395AbgFILyK (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2020 07:54:10 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D0152078C; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:54:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1591703650; bh=iBfG8GxVDEIxnY8D2Kh7owDOzMhOq6bQ5SzIneuMYjQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=J+sqT7bdhNIDVrjMarERxKXkEhlWo3nXW3Cd2b2m5yZibqU60GLguzzZ1jO0jOg09 hIKcRS2S/wk99pxINvF4QexufSwZgKkFwn4TwR3Mke9sZLuLgPH3LeibDyj7KEGSph CkFCou5GXBGF9F9YtQ+DFn9AfDf+mwUe9InkW+ng= Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 13:54:07 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Machek Cc: Daniel Axtens , Sasha Levin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , David Gow , Dmitry Vyukov , Daniel Micay , Andrey Ryabinin , Alexander Potapenko , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 72/72] string.h: fix incompatibility between FORTIFY_SOURCE and KASAN Message-ID: <20200609115407.GA819153@kroah.com> References: <20200608232500.3369581-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20200608232500.3369581-72-sashal@kernel.org> <87ftb5t933.fsf@dja-thinkpad.axtens.net> <20200609112025.GA2523@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200609112025.GA2523@amd> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 01:20:25PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2020-06-09 09:46:08, Daniel Axtens wrote: > > Hi Sasha, > > > > There's nothing inherently wrong with these patches being backported, > > but they fix a bug that doesn't cause a crash and only affects debug > > kernels compiled with KASAN and FORTIFY_SOURCE. Personally I wouldn't > > change a core header file in a stable kernel for that. Perhaps I'm too > > risk-averse. > > You are in agreement with existing documentation -- stable is only for > serious bugs. No, lots of people run KASAN on those kernels when they are testing their devices, this patch is fine. thanks, greg k-h