Re: Minor net/core/sock.c security issue?

[David S. Miller]

Albert D. Cahalan writes:
 > Long term, __builtin_min() and __builtin_max() would be nice.

I would even avoid this, what is the signedness of their
arguments and return values?  The answer is: I don't care,
because I have to look it up.

And if I have to look it up, I know that most people _won't_ look it
up and will just guess or assume.  Most people are therefore likely to
misuse it.

Later,
David S. Miller
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