linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][PATCH 0/3] module: Do not paper over type mismatches in module_param

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:20:06 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH 0/3] module: Do not paper over type mismatches in module_param_call()

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> (re-sending to Jessica's @korg address...)
>
> The module_param_call() macro was explicitly casting the .set and .get
> function prototypes away with (void *). This can lead to hard-to-find
> type mismatches. Additionally, it creates problems for static checkers
> and Control Flow Itegrity compiler features, which depend on clustering
> function call sites based on prototype signature.
>
> This removes the casts and fixes all the incorrect prototypes tree-wide.

A quick ping on this. I'd really like to land this in 4.15, as it's
relatively trivial. How does this look to you Jessica?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security