linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi/bfa: use designated initializers

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2017 15:25:22 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@...gic.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/bfa: use designated initializers

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 05:05:15PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Prepare to mark sensitive kernel structures for randomization by making
>> sure they're using designated initializers. These were identified during
>> allyesconfig builds of x86, arm, and arm64, with most initializer fixes
>> extracted from grsecurity.
>
> Instead of further bloating the idiotic dispatch table just kill it off
> entirely:

Sounds fine to me! Is this going via your tree?

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Nexus Security