Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] checkpatch: warn for use of %px | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:17:52 -0800 |
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On Fri, 2017-12-08 at 08:06 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 02:37:08PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > > Usage of the new %px specifier potentially leaks sensitive > > inforamtion. Printing kernel addresses exposes the kernel layout in > > memory, this is potentially exploitable. We have tools in the kernel to > > help us do the right thing. We can have checkpatch warn developers of > > potential dangers of using %px. > > > > Have checkpatch emit a warning for usage of specifier %px. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> > > Co-developed-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> > > Co-Developed-by: > > Woops. > > Joe I didn't quite understand what you meant when you said that this > could go in via any tree. I'm still learning the whole kernel tree > management thing. Don't checkpatch patches go in via Andy's tree? > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/apw/checkpatch.git/
No, not in quite awhile.
Most checkpatch patches go through Andrew Morton's quilt/mm tree.
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