On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 01:27:32AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 07:20:37PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:15:18AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > One mostly mechanical bit of work would be this: > > > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20 > > > There are likely more fixes needed to build the kernel with > > > -Wcast-function-type (especially on non-x86 kernels). So that would let > > > you learn about cross-compiling, etc. > > > > > > Let us know what you think! > > > > Great. This task seems good to me. I'm already working on it but I would like to > > know if it's correct to compile my work against the master branch of Linus tree > > or if there is some other better branch and tree. > > For doing these kinds of things I tend to recommend either the last > full release from Linus (e.g. v5.6) or, if you want, the latest -rc2 > (e.g. v5.7-rc2). Both are tagged, so you can based your tree on them > easily: > > $ git clone .... > $ git checkout v5.7-rc2 -b devel/cast-function-type > $ *do stuff, etc* Thanks for the clarification. > -- > Kees Cook Regards. Oscar Carter
