linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] net-device: Use new helpers from overflow.h in netdevice APIs

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Message-ID: <Zd-rTRidOqOd4Gr7@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:53:17 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] net-device: Use new helpers from overflow.h in
 netdevice APIs

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 01:46:10PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 10:41:37PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

..

> >  static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
> >  {
> > -	return (char *)dev + ALIGN(sizeof(struct net_device), NETDEV_ALIGN);
> > +	return struct_data_pointer(dev, NETDEV_ALIGN);
> >  }
> 
> I really don't like hiding these trailing allocations from the compiler.
> Why can't something like this be done (totally untested):

Below is interesting idea, now at least I started understanding your previous
comments.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko