On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:36:40AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: > My thinking: if the compiler that calls import_iovec() has garbage in > the upper 32 bit > > a) gcc will zero it out and not rely on it being zero. > b) clang will not zero it out, assuming it is zero. > > But > > a) will zero it out when calling the !inlined variant > b) clang will zero it out when calling the !inlined variant > > When inlining, b) strikes. We access garbage. That would mean that we > have calling code that's not generated by clang/gcc IIUC. Most callchains of import_iovec start with the assembly syscall wrappers.
