On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 06:44:18PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd really like to have the attribute available, and I've got at least > > one user I can apply today that don't require fix-ups (seq_file), so > > if Miguel is okay with it, I'd like to snag patch 1 and send it with > > my seq_file "first user" for this coming merge window so it's available > > starting with v7.4-rc1, and we don't end up needing to wait 10 weeks for > > other subsystems to be able to use it. And the kobj fixups can continue > > in parallel. Does that sounds okay? > > Of course, please feel free to pick it up (with the small tweak I > requested) if you have a user. > > And if you don't pick the user, I could still pick the first patch up > through the compiler attributes tree if you and other folks want to > use it after -rc1. > > Greg: adding the attribute itself should be safe and would unblock > others that may want to "protect" themselves, without having to wait > for every potential user to get fixed (but of course I agree they > should get fixed -- we should not forget about them, if that is your > concern).
I agree, not a problem to add the attribute now as long as it doesn't break the build. thanks, greg k-h
