Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:49:24 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OpenSSL static analysis, was: De Raadt + FBSD + OpenSSH + hole? Message-ID: <26111.1398372564@server1.tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <D18165F1-0213-4A1F-96F4-6E0F6F735C69@cederstrand.dk>
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In message <D18165F1-0213-4A1F-96F4-6E0F6F735C69@cederstrand.dk>, Erik Cederstrand <erik@cederstrand.dk> wrote: >As others have pointed out, 'too hard' can also mean 'too hard' to get >someone with commit access to actually commit the patch and accept the >risk of introducing new bugs. Case in point: I contributed this >one-liner patch for ZFS found by Clang Analyzer, adding the __noreturn__ >pragma you also mention: https://www.illumos.org/issues/3363. For 1,5 >years, I have been unable to get anyone from FreeBSD or Illumos to >commit it or even review it. Ah! OK. That is a different sort of problem entirely, and one for which I personally have no suggestion, nor any ready answer. Regards, rfg
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