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Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2024 16:48:43 +0100
From: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Compiler Attributes: Add __uninitialized macro

With INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO enabled the kernel will
be compiled with -ftrivial-auto-var-init=<...> which causes initialization
of stack variables at function entry time.

In order to avoid the performance impact that comes with this users can use
the "uninitialized" attribute to prevent such initialization.

Therefore provide the __uninitialized macro which can be used for cases
where INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO is enabled, but only
selected variables should not be initialized.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index 28566624f008..f5859b8c68b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -333,6 +333,18 @@
  */
 #define __section(section)              __attribute__((__section__(section)))
 
+/*
+ * Optional: only supported since gcc >= 12
+ *
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-uninitialized-variable-attribute
+ * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#uninitialized
+ */
+#if __has_attribute(__uninitialized__)
+# define __uninitialized		__attribute__((__uninitialized__))
+#else
+# define __uninitialized
+#endif
+
 /*
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-unused-function-attribute
  *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Type-Attributes.html#index-unused-type-attribute
-- 
2.40.1