linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Kbuild: make designated

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 02:53:46 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Kbuild: make designated_init attribute fatal

2017-03-21 9:14 GMT+09:00 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>:
> If a structure is marked with __attribute__((designated_init)) from
> GCC or Sparse, it needs to have all static initializers using designated
> initialization. Fail the build for any missing cases. This attribute will
> be used by the randstruct plugin to make sure randomized structures are
> being correctly initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
> v2: update subject to more clearly describe change, Masahiro Yamada
> ---


Applied to linux-kbuild/kbuild.   Thanks!



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada