[PATCH v4 0/3] Fix bugs and performance of kstack offset randomisation

Dave Hansen dave.hansen at intel.com
Mon Jan 19 08:51:15 PST 2026


On 1/19/26 08:44, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Like you noted, this is surprising. This would be a good thing to
>> make sure it goes in very early after -rc1 and gets plenty of wide
>> testing.
> Right, we are pretty late in the dev cycle (rc6). It would be
> prudent to get this into -next after the coming rc1 (1 month from
> now).
> 
> On the other hand, the changes are pretty "binary" in the sense that
> mistakes should be VERY visible right away. Would it be better to
> take this into -next immediately instead?
I think it can go into -next ASAP. It's just a matter of when it goes to
Linus.



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