linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: Adjust fd->entry_to

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Message-Id: <174575469757.624502.17135732008958282347.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 07:51:37 -0400
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>, 
 Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: Adjust fd->entry_to_rb allocation type


On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:12:48 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
> we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
> the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
> always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)
> 
> The assigned type is "struct tid_rb_node **", but the return type will be
> "struct rb_node **". These are the same allocation size (pointer size),
> but the types do not match. Adjust the allocation type to match the
> assignment.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] IB/hfi1: Adjust fd->entry_to_rb allocation type
      https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/3db60cf9b7da4a

Best regards,
-- 
Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>