> On Oct 25, 2023, at 6:06 PM, Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 01:27:29PM +0000, Qing Zhao wrote: >> A. Add an additional argument, the size parameter, to __bdos, >> A.1, during FE; >> A.2, during gimplification phase; > > I just wanted to clarify that this is all just an "internal" detail, > yes?
YES! > i.e. the __bdos() used by in C code is unchanged? there should be no change to the user interface. > > For example, the Linux kernel can still use __bdos() without knowing > the count member ahead of time (otherwise it kind of defeats the purpose). Don’t quite understand this, could you clarify? (Anyway, the bottom line is no change to the user interface, we just discuss the internal implementation inside GCC) -:) Qing > > -- > Kees Cook
