Ronald F. Guilmette
2014-Apr-24 20:49 UTC
OpenSSL static analysis, was: De Raadt + FBSD + OpenSSH + hole?
In message <D18165F1-0213-4A1F-96F4-6E0F6F735C69 at cederstrand.dk>, Erik Cederstrand <erik at 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