linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab: remove __alloc_size attribute from __kmalloc_track

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Date:   Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:58:51 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab: remove __alloc_size attribute from
 __kmalloc_track_caller

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 09:19:51AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 5:14 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > Commit c37495d6254c ("slab: add __alloc_size attributes for better
> > bounds checking") added __alloc_size attributes to a bunch of kmalloc
> > function prototypes.  Unfortunately the change to __kmalloc_track_caller
> > seems to cause clang to generate broken code and the first time this is
> > called when booting, the box will crash.
> >
> > While the compiler problems are being reworked and attempted to be
> > solved, let's just drop the attribute to solve the issue now.  Once it
> > is resolved it can be added back.
> 
> Sorry about the mess; we'll get it cleaned up!
> Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1599

Thanks for the issue link!

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

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Kees Cook