Re: [PATCH] ipc: Fail build if IPC structures change layout

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 22 2017 - 17:44:16 EST

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On Fri, 19 May 2017 16:44:00 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since struct layout can be seen at build-time, turn runtime report
> into a build failure so it can be fixed more quickly.

I've just dropped the patch which this fixes, due to runtime issues.
Manfred, please include this in the resend?

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