linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: csiostor: avoid function pointer casts

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:14:19 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Nathan
 Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers
 <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
        Justin
 Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
        James Bottomley
 <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
        Naresh Kumar Inna <naresh@...lsio.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: csiostor: avoid function pointer casts


Arnd,

> csiostor uses function pointer casts to keep the csio_ln_ev state
> machine hidden, but this causes warnings about control flow integrity
> (KCFI) violations in clang-16 and higher:

Applied to 6.9/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering