Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
DavidL isn't talking about the _same_ pointer, he's talking about it being offset from the same base.
being offset from the same base.
But realistically, I don't think we ever hash things like that anyway. Things like that do show up in register dumps etc during oopses, but those aren't hashed.
those aren't hashed.
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comparison still works.DavidL isn't talking about the _same_ pointer, he's talking about it being offset from the same base.
being offset from the same base.
But realistically, I don't think we ever hash things like that anyway. Things like that do show up in register dumps etc during oopses, but those aren't hashed.
those aren't hashed.
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