linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support struct randomization

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:55:09 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparse doesn't support struct randomization

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 6:45 PM, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
>
> Without this patch, I drown in a sea of unknown attribute warnings
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Andrew, are you able to take this? I have no other gcc-plugin changes
pending for the coming merge window...

-Kees

> ---
>  include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> index 2272ded07496..631354acfa72 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
>  /* Mark a function definition as prohibited from being cloned. */
>  #define __noclone      __attribute__((__noclone__, __optimize__("no-tracer")))
>
> -#ifdef RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN
> +#if defined(RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
>  #define __randomize_layout __attribute__((randomize_layout))
>  #define __no_randomize_layout __attribute__((no_randomize_layout))
>  #endif
> --
> 2.15.1
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security