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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
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From: Kees Cook
> Sent: 06 October 2017 20:40
...
> I'm in no rush for any specific change. There are about 900 call sites
> I'm making my way through, about 2/3rd are pretty trivial, and the
> less obvious is what I've started sending out now, since I expect some
> will need some more careful review.

Is it worth adding a structure that contains a timer and an extra 'long'
than can be used to maintain the existing API logic for the 'difficult'
cases?

	David