linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] locking: Introduce __cleanup_

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 20:39:37 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] locking: Introduce __cleanup__ based guards

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 7:05 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> > @@ -366,4 +366,6 @@
> >   */
> >  #define __fix_address noinline __noclone
> >
> > +#define __cleanup(func)                      __attribute__((__cleanup__(func)))
> > +
> >  #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_ATTRIBUTES_H */
>
> nitpick: sorting. This needs to be moved up alphabetically; the comment
> at the start of the file says:
>
>  ...
>  * This file is meant to be sorted (by actual attribute name,
>  * not by #define identifier). ...

+1, also please add:

    /*
     *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-cleanup-variable-attribute
     * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#cleanup
     */

Cheers,
Miguel