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@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ the <systemtap@sources.redhat.com> mailing list.
was tested should be published, and ideally asserted by code.
Embedded-C code should avoid making references to the runtime or
- other code possibly generated by the translator.
+ other code possibly generated by the translator. Embedded-C code that
+ dereferences pointers should use deref() type functions to check each
+ individual operation if there exists a possibility that the function may
+ be called with invalid pointers or pointer chains.
- runtime