linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/36] usercopy: Prepare for usercopy whitelisting

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1801101219390.7926@nuc-kabylake>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:28:23 -0600 (CST)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/36] usercopy: Prepare for usercopy whitelisting

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018, Kees Cook wrote:

> +struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
> +			size_t size, size_t align, slab_flags_t flags,
> +			size_t useroffset, size_t usersize,
> +			void (*ctor)(void *));

Hmmm... At some point we should switch kmem_cache_create to pass a struct
containing all the parameters. Otherwise the API will blow up with
additional functions.

> index 2181719fd907..70c4b4bb4d1f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/stddef.h
> +++ b/include/linux/stddef.h
> @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ enum {
>  #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER)	((size_t)&((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
>  #endif
>
> +#define sizeof_field(structure, field) sizeof((((structure *)0)->field))
> +
>  /**
>   * offsetofend(TYPE, MEMBER)
>   *

Have a separate patch for adding this functionality? Its not a slab
maintainer
file.

Rest looks ok.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>