linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RFC] kbuild: add macro for controlling warnings to linux/compiler.h

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 21:30:08 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [RFC] kbuild: add macro for controlling warnings to linux/compiler.h

On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:

> I like this. I wonder if it would be a good idea to add an additional
> argument that forces documentation of the reason for adding a diag
> marking? Something like:
>
> __diag_warn(GCC_7, vla, "No VLAs should be used in this code");

This would be similar to what glibc does, it names the (ignore) macro
DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT(), and by convention requires
a comment block in front of it. Not sure if it will actually work in the kernel
where the reviews are much more scattered across subsystem maintainers,
but we could try it.

       Arnd