linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/23] firmware: use static inline for to_fw

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:14:03 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        mfuzzey@...keon.com, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        pali.rohar@...il.com, tiwai@...e.de, arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com,
        zajec5@...il.com, nbroeking@...com, markivx@...eaurora.org,
        stephen.boyd@...aro.org, broonie@...nel.org,
        dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, Abhay_Salunke@...l.com,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, jewalt@...innovations.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/23] firmware: use static inline for to_fw_priv()

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:23:55AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> This lets us type check the callers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> index dcc1281789e4..4f64410fe7e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ struct fw_name_devm {
>  	const char *name;
>  };
>  
> -#define to_fw_priv(d) container_of(d, struct fw_priv, ref)
> +static inline struct fw_priv *to_fw_priv(struct kref *ref)
> +{
> +	return container_of(ref, struct fw_priv, ref);
> +}

It's a kref, no need to typecheck anything, if it isn't the right
structure it will usually just break the build anyway.  So this isn't
really needed, especially as most of the to_* calls in the kernel are
macros like this.

I'll take it, but really, this isn't needed, you are only trying to
protect yourself from your own coding :)

greg k-h