linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedi,qedf: Use designated initializers

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:11:26 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedi,qedf: Use designated initializers


Kees,

> 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, with
> most initializer fixes extracted from grsecurity.
>
> For these cases, terminate the list with { }, which will be
> zero-filled, instead of undesignated NULLs.

Applied to 4.12/scsi-queue. Thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering