On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1...@free.fr> wrote: > Kees, Geert, All, > > On 2013-07-18 22:00 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven spake thusly: >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote: >> > Instead of using "long" for kconfig "hex" and "range" values, which may >> > change in size depending on the host architecture, use "long long". This >> > will allow values greater than INT_MAX on 32-bit hosts when cross >> > compiling. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> >> >> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org> > > Ok, thanks, I'll take in my tree. > > Is it material for -rc-fixes, or can it wait in -for-next? > > My gut feelings is that it does not fix an existing breakage, but only a > potential problem in the future, so it would be a candidate for > -for-next. Agreed?
Correct. I'm not aware of anything in the tree that currently uses >INT_MAX values in kconfig. -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
