linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] hardening updates for v6.5-rc1

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:20:05 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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        Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] hardening updates for v6.5-rc1

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 05:34:57PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> - The under-development compiler attribute __counted_by has been added
>   so that we can start annotating flexible array members with their
>   associated structure member that tracks the count of flexible array
>   elements at run-time. It is possible (likely?) that the exact syntax
>   of the attribute will change before it is finalized, but GCC and Clang
>   are working together to sort it out. Any changes can be made to the
>   macro while we continue to add annotations. As an example, I have a
>   treewide commit waiting with such annotations found via Coccinelle:
>   https://git.kernel.org/linus/adc5b3cb48a049563dc673f348eab7b6beba8a9b
>   See commit dd06e72e68bcb4070ef211be100d2896e236c8fb for more details.

So I've been following the discussion of that feature for clang and
I can't wait to actually be able to use it.

But this feels a bit premature to me, not only due to the ongoing
discussions on the syntax, but more importantly because I fear it
will be completely misued before we have a compiler actually supporting
available widely enough that we have it in the usual test bots.