Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking

Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:59:23 -0700
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, linux-doc <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dennis Zhou <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>, clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, 2021-08-19 at 03:16 +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> kernel-doc is an awful example of perl gone wild.

And checkpatch isn't?

References:
- [PATCH 0/5] Add __alloc_size() for better bounds checking
  - From: Kees Cook
- [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
  - From: Kees Cook
- Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
  - From: Joe Perches
- Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
  - From: Matthew Wilcox
- Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
  - From: Joe Perches
- Re: [PATCH 2/5] slab: Add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking
  - From: Matthew Wilcox