linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj

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Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 08:42:07 +0200
From:   Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Gabriel Somlo <somlo@....edu>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
        Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:25 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:42:58 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > fw_cfg_showrev() is called by an indirect call in kobj_attr_show(),
> > which violates clang's CFI checking because fw_cfg_showrev()'s second
> > parameter is 'struct attribute', whereas the ->show() member of 'struct
> > kobj_structure' expects the second parameter to be of type 'struct
> > kobj_attribute'.
> >
> > $ cat /sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg/rev
> > 3
> >
> > [...]
>
> Applied to kspp/cfi/cleanups, thanks!
>
> [1/1] qemu_fw_cfg: Make fw_cfg_rev_attr a proper kobj_attribute
>       https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/f5c4679d6c49
>

I have queued this up in my custom patchset
(for-5.12/kspp-cfi-cleanups-20210225).

What is the plan to get this upstream?

Feel free to add my:

Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>

- Sedat -