Re: [PATCH 0/3] string.h: Use ARRAY_SIZE() for memtostr*()/strtomem*()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Feb 06 2025 - 14:13:08 EST


On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 10:52:18AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 08:45:41PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM Miguel Ojeda
> > <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What's the minimum Clang version we build kernel with? 12?
> > >
> > > 13.0.1 for most architectures according to `scripts/min-tool-version.sh`.
> >
> > Okay, does it mean 13 has no such a bug?
>
> It probably did, but Clang 13 didn't support compile-time error messages
> (added in 14). Regardless, this fixes it there and makes the API more
> robust.
>
> > Otherwise the commit message and other comments might be clearer...
>
> How should I rephrase things? I mention the bug and when it was fixed
> in patch 3:
>
> ...
> benefit of working around a bug in Clang (fixed[1] in 15+) that got
> ...

Ah, the version is mentioned only in cover letter. So, the patch's commit
message seems good to me.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko