linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] af_unix: Use designated initializers

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Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:43:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mszeredi@...hat.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        hannes@...essinduktion.org, vdavydov.dev@...il.com,
        avagin@...nvz.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_unix: Use designated initializers

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 22:12:09 -0700

> Prepare to mark sensitive kernel structures for randomization by making
> sure they're using designated initializers. These were identified during
> allyesconfig builds of x86, arm, and arm64, and the initializer fixes
> were extracted from grsecurity. In this case, NULL initialize with { }
> instead of undesignated NULLs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Applied to net-next.