Re: [PATCH net-next net] netdev: Hide the netdev_priv() origin from GCC in netdev_from_priv()

From: Kees Cook

Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 14:08:14 EST


On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 10:34:10AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:07:06 -0700 Kees Cook wrote:
> > geh, for the subject "net" and "net-next" glitch: I've poked my
> > subject-building tooling again, this should be for "net", not
> > "net-next"...
>
> :) Ack. Just missed today's PR but looks like this is 2 releases
> old so not _extremely_ urgent. If you think it is we can also ask
> Linus to take it direct

This is only hitting one place (currently), but as it went unnoticed for
a while (GCC has been bugged for a few releases, it seems), I think the
urgency isn't high.

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Kees Cook