Re: [PATCH] string: use __builtin_memcpy() in strlcpy/strlcat
From: Alexander Potapenko
Date: Wed May 10 2023 - 12:08:26 EST
On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 9:48 AM Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 3:48 PM Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > I *think* this isn't a problem for CONFIG_FORTIFY, since these will be
>> > replaced and checked separately -- but it still seems strange that you
>> > need to explicitly use __builtin_memcpy.
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> Or did you mean we'd better use __underlying_memcpy() here instead? I am a bit puzzled.
Kees told me offline that the patch in question is fine.
@Andrew, would it be possible to queue it for 6.4?
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