[PATCH v2 13/63] iommu/amd: Use struct_group() for memcpy() region
Joerg Roedel
joro at 8bytes.org
Wed Aug 18 11:34:23 UTC 2021
On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:04:43PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> intentionally writing across neighboring fields.
>
> Use struct_group() in struct ivhd_entry around members ext and hidh, so
> they can be referenced together. This will allow memcpy() and sizeof()
> to more easily reason about sizes, improve readability, and avoid future
> warnings about writing beyond the end of ext.
>
> "pahole" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct ivhd_entry.
> "objdump -d" shows no object code changes.
>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro at 8bytes.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Cc: iommu at lists.linux-foundation.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel at suse.de>
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