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   James Morris (jmorris@social.kernel.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:21:43 JST James Morris
   Wrong answers only: what does this kernel code do?
   
   struct file *file = (struct file *)(v & ~3);
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     Studio 8502 :verified: (mos_8502@oldbytes.space)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:41:14 JST Studio 8502 :verified:

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     @jmorris Frobnicates the reticulated splines.

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     Arnd Bergmann (arnd@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:41:25 JST Arnd Bergmann

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     @jmorris this returns a pointer to the inode of the third open file descriptor of the current thread, i.e stdout.

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     Kees Cook :tux: (kees@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 08:15:21 JST Kees Cook :tux:

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     @jmorris Gives me a stroke.

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     penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 08:15:27 JST penguin42

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     @jmorris Something truly wonderful on a 64bit host?

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     Mans R (mansr@society.oftrolls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 08:15:29 JST Mans R

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     @jmorris It returns a file pointer with the world write and execute bits cleared.

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     keithp (keithp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 01:13:09 JST keithp

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     • Kees Cook :tux:

     @kees @jmorris He said "wrong answers only"

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     James Morris (jmorris@social.kernel.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 01:14:07 JST James Morris

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     • Arnd Bergmann
     @arnd officially the best answer.
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     Jason Bowen (jbowen@mast.hpc.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 01:24:21 JST Jason Bowen

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     @jmorris Gives you a file that's approximately 3 big.

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     James Morris (jmorris@social.kernel.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 01:25:28 JST James Morris

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     Bonus points for identifying the author of the code. Hint: his initials are LT.