NULL pointer arithmetic and [[gnu::nonnull]] on <string.h>

Alejandro Colomar alx@kernel.org
Tue Nov 12 00:17:25 GMT 2024


Hi Martin,

> The main effect so far was that we lost a lot of non-null annotations
> that do not work anymore..  This is not clearly a security win.

As far as I can see, the annotations have not been removed in glibc.  Is
there intention to remove them in the future?  That would be nefarious
for static analysis.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

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