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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 17:48:51 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
Cc: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
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	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] randstruct: report bad casts as warnings rather than
 notes
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On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 11:14:19AM -0700, Bill Wendling wrote:
> Why not make this an error instead of a warning?

I guess I was thinking of moving from "invisible note" to "visible
warning", but I'd agree: better to just match Clang on this. I'll send a
v2.

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Kees Cook