Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:38:21 -0800
On Thursday, 12 February 2026 00:14:49 Pacific Standard Time Robin Savonen
Söderholm via Std-Proposals wrote:
> I like this tag-idea, as it could be used for real time safety and probably
> other guarantees as well.
The Linux kernel uses __user to track which pointers are from userspace and
need sanitisation before being dereferenced. Unfortunately it expands to empty
in most compilation modes. See
https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/include/linux/compiler_types.h.html#45
Söderholm via Std-Proposals wrote:
> I like this tag-idea, as it could be used for real time safety and probably
> other guarantees as well.
The Linux kernel uses __user to track which pointers are from userspace and
need sanitisation before being dereferenced. Unfortunately it expands to empty
in most compilation modes. See
https://codebrowser.dev/linux/linux/include/linux/compiler_types.h.html#45
-- Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org Principal Engineer - Intel Data Center - Platform & Sys. Eng.
Received on 2026-02-12 16:38:33
