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Re: [PATCH v3] explicit_bzero yet again
- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:08:23 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] explicit_bzero yet again
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On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/2016 10:15 AM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>> My hacking time is very limited right now. With the freeze looming, I
>> would appreciate a definitive yes-or-no answer to whether this will be
>> accepted for the next release (possibly with some concrete list of
>> changes) so I know whether I need to find time in the near future.
>
> I'd nack this for 2.23, and review again in 2.24.
In that case, I'm going to drop this for now and pick up again when I
have more time.
> If there isn't already a gcc bug filed for creating this barrier
> we should file one now.
I tried to start a conversation on gcc@ (and clang-dev) about that a
couple months ago but no one seemed interested. I don't have time to
push such a conversation (in any venue) right now.
zw