linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2 25/63] compiler_types.h: Remove __compiletime_object

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Date:   Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:02:17 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 25/63] compiler_types.h: Remove __compiletime_object_size()

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 8:14 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> Since all compilers support __builtin_object_size(), and there is only
> one user of __compiletime_object_size, remove it to avoid the needless
> indirection. This lets Clang reason about check_copy_size() correctly.

Sounds good to me, the indirection is making things more complex than
they need to be.

Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel