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Re: [PATCH] Avoid undefined behavior in __FD_MASK
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:06:48 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid undefined behavior in __FD_MASK
- References: <51651881 dot 2020906 at redhat dot com> <20130411203232 dot 72CA82C092 at topped-with-meat dot com> <5167C5ED dot 4010902 at redhat dot com> <20130611164040 dot GA5457 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <51B8C72C dot 8070008 at redhat dot com> <20130612203614 dot 4C2832C070 at topped-with-meat dot com>
On 06/12/2013 10:36 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
Should I drop fd_mask from the checking, adjust the test results, or go
with my original patch which does not change the type?
At this point, if we do anything in the 2.18 cycle, it will have to be not
changing the type.
Okay, let's punt this after the release.
(Current GCC supports this as an extension, so it's not a real bug at
present.)
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team