linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ELF, uapi: fixup ELF_ST

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Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:25:23 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ELF, uapi: fixup ELF_ST_TYPE definition

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 05:50:03PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> This is very theoretical compile failure:
> 
> 	ELF_ST_TYPE(st_info = A)
> 
> Cast will bind first and st_info will stop being lvalue:
> 
> 	error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment
> 
> Given that the only use of this macro is
> 
> 	ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info)
> 
> where st_info is "unsigned char" I've decided to remove cast especially
> given that companion macro ELF_ST_BIND doesn't use cast.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> ---
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/elf.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

It looks like akpm already pulled this, so:

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

Please keep Eric & I CCed on ELF changes; there's a MAINTAINERS entry
now...

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook