Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 May 2019 16:21:19 +0100 | From | Catalin Marinas <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v15 00/17] arm64: untag user pointers passed to the kernel |
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On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:58:22AM -0700, enh wrote: > i was questioning the argument about the ioctl issues, and saying that > from my perspective, untagging bugs are not really any different than > any other kind of kernel bug.
Once this series gets in, they are indeed just kernel bugs. What I want is an easier way to identify them, ideally before they trigger in the field.
> i still don't see how this isn't just a regular testing/CI issue, the > same as any other kind of kernel bug. it's already the case that i can > get a bad kernel...
The testing would have a smaller code coverage in terms of drivers, filesystems than something like a static checker (though one does not exclude the other).
-- Catalin
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