linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] net: core: Convert inet_addr_is_any() to sockaddr

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Message-ID: <20241217160026.GS780307@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:26 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
	Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>,
	Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>,
	Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@...hat.com>,
	Dmitry Bogdanov <d.bogdanov@...ro.com>,
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	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>,
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	target-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: core: Convert inet_addr_is_any() to sockaddr_storage

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 05:26:19PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> All the callers of inet_addr_is_any() have a sockaddr_storage-backed
> sockaddr. Avoid casts and switch prototype to the actual object being
> used, as part of the work to move away from internal use of struct
> sockaddr.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>