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    SubjectRe: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 72/72] string.h: fix incompatibility between FORTIFY_SOURCE and KASAN
    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

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