Re: [PATCH] rapidio: Avoid bogus __alloc_size warning

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 10:48:14PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:50:10 +0300 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is how the email looks like to Andrew.
> > 
> > https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/images/sylpheed2-mainwindow.png
> > 
> > Try to find the subject in that nonsense.  Same for everyone else on
> > email as well.
> > 
> > https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=163120404328790&w=2
> > 
> > I only either read the subject or the body of the commit message and
> > never both.  :P
> 
> I read the body if the subject looks relevant ;)
> 
> But that subject reads to me as "rapidio: Avoid bogus *blah* warning". 
> We have soooooo many alloc_foo functions that one's eyes glaze over
> something like "alloc_size"
> 
> Why?  Because the identifier "__alloc_size" is of great significance
> to Kees because he wrote the thing.  Everyone else just sees "*blah*".

Heh. Okay, fair enough. I will make Subject/body independent. It felt
redundant to me before, but greater verbosity is a good idea. Sorry!

-- 
Kees Cook