linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf: Build with -Wcast-function-type

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Date:   Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:33:53 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/2] bpf: Build with -Wcast-function-type

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 4:09 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In order to keep ahead of cases in the kernel where Control Flow Integrity
> (CFI) may trip over function call casts, enabling -Wcast-function-type
> is helpful. To that end, replace BPF_CAST_CALL() as it triggers warnings
> with this option and is now one of the last places in the kernel in need
> of fixing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Kees
>
> v2:
> - rebase to bpf-next
> - add acks
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210927182700.2980499-1-keescook@chromium.org

Applied. Thanks