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Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack validation

From Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack validation
Date 2015-08-15 09:30 +0200
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On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:10:24 -0500 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:

> This adds a CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION option which enables a host tool
> named stackvalidate which runs at compile time.

It would be useful to

- show example output for a typical error site

- describe the consequences of that error (ie: why should we fix
  these things?)

- describe what needs to be done to repair these sites.


IOW, what do we gain from merging all this stuff?
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[PATCH v10 00/20] Compile-time stack validation Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2015-08-14 05:20 +0200
  [PATCH v10 04/20] x86/stackvalidate: Add file and directory ignores Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2015-08-14 05:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack  validation Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-08-15 09:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack  validation Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2015-08-15 14:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack  validation Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-08-19 12:10 +0200

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