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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] rapidio: Avoid bogus __alloc_size warning
    On Thu, 9 Sep 2021 15:51:23 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:

    > > That's an "error", not a warning. Or is this thanks to the new -Werror?
    >
    > This is a "regular" error (__bad_copy_to() uses __compiletime_error()).
    >
    > > Either way, I'm inclined to cc:stable on this, because use of gcc-9 on
    > > older kernels will be a common thing down the ages.
    > >
    > > If it's really an "error" on non-Werror kernels then definitely cc:stable.
    >
    > I would expect that as only being needed if __alloc_size was backported
    > to -stable, which seems unlikely.

    Ah. Changelog didn't tell me that it's an __alloc_size thing.

    What's the status of the __alloc_size() patchset, btw?

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