From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328F4C5519F for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:35:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E131D222BA for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728425AbgKTNfD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:35:03 -0500 Received: from eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com ([207.82.80.151]:25441 "EHLO eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728104AbgKTNfD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:35:03 -0500 Received: from AcuMS.aculab.com (156.67.243.126 [156.67.243.126]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id uk-mta-307-k68k3iBwMt6esAsLjNMf2g-1; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:33:53 +0000 X-MC-Unique: k68k3iBwMt6esAsLjNMf2g-1 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:43c:695e:880f:8750) by AcuMS.aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:43c:695e:880f:8750) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1347.2; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:33:53 +0000 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com ([fe80::43c:695e:880f:8750]) by AcuMS.aculab.com ([fe80::43c:695e:880f:8750%12]) with mapi id 15.00.1347.000; Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:33:53 +0000 From: David Laight To: 'Andrew Morton' , "laniel_francis@privacyrequired.com" CC: "linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "dja@axtens.net" , "keescook@chromium.org" Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 0/5] Fortify strscpy() Thread-Topic: [PATCH v6 0/5] Fortify strscpy() Thread-Index: AQHWvt28L9KcmdS460uoK5rk/t0ar6nRBYCg Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:33:53 +0000 Message-ID: <824aad3a91254445b0f30359f1606e2a@AcuMS.aculab.com> References: <20201119164915.10618-1-laniel_francis@privacyrequired.com> <20201119173543.8821881942022fc4f39c4c73@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20201119173543.8821881942022fc4f39c4c73@linux-foundation.org> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.202.205.107] MIME-Version: 1.0 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=C51A453 smtp.mailfrom=david.laight@aculab.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: aculab.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andrew Morton > Sent: 20 November 2020 01:36 ... > Could you please send along a reworked [0/n] cover letter? Explain in > your own words, without requiring that readers go off and read web > pages > > - What problem the patchset solves > - How it solves it > - The value of the patchset (to kernel developers or to end-users) so that we > can understand why it should be merged. - How much it slows things down. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)