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A comment on size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer. Parent comment

Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by nly on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @01:18PM (#27896498)
They can't warn by default, because on some platforms long->int isnt a narrowing conversion.
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Re:size_t-to-int vulnerability in Linux’s filesystem layer by aaronmdjones on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @01:40PM (#27896746)
The compiler knows what platform it's compiling the code for, though.
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