Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:47:38 -0700
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-input <linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Network Development <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 4:46 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Well, the explicit typing allows that mixing, in that you can just
> have "const_max_t(5,sizeof(x))"

I obviously meant "const_max_t(size_t,5,sizeof(x))". Heh.

                Linus
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References:
- [PATCH v4 0/2] Remove false-positive VLAs when using max()
  - From: Kees Cook
- [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Linus Torvalds
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] kernel.h: Introduce const_max() for VLA removal
  - From: Linus Torvalds

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