Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: use designated initializers

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Mar 29 2017 - 17:16:57 EST


On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> From: Kees Cook [mailto:keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: use designated initializers
>>
>> Prepare to mark sensitive kernel structures for randomization by making
>> sure they're using designated initializers. These were identified during
>> allyesconfig builds of x86, arm, and arm64, with most initializer fixes
>> extracted from grsecurity.
>
> This commit is not suitable for ACPICA upstream.
> It's not portable. Please drop.

What compilers are building this that do not support designated
initializers? Also, couldn't this be made into a macro so it could be
supported in either case?

#ifdef __GNUC__
# define ACPI_SLEEP_FUNCTIONS(legacy, extended) { \
.legacy_function = legacy, \
.extended_function = extended, \
}
#else
# define ACPI_SLEEP_FUNCTIONS(legacy, extended) { legacy, extended }
#endif

...

static struct acpi_sleep_functions acpi_sleep_dispatch[] = {
ACPI_SLEEP_FUNCTIONS(
ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_sleep),
acpi_hw_extended_sleep),
...


-Kees

>
> Thanks
> Lv
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c | 11 ++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c
>> index f76e0eab32b8..25cd5c66e102 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/hwxfsleep.c
>> @@ -70,11 +70,12 @@ static acpi_status acpi_hw_sleep_dispatch(u8 sleep_state, u32 function_id);
>> /* Legacy functions are optional, based upon ACPI_REDUCED_HARDWARE */
>>
>> static struct acpi_sleep_functions acpi_sleep_dispatch[] = {
>> - {ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_sleep),
>> - acpi_hw_extended_sleep},
>> - {ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_wake_prep),
>> - acpi_hw_extended_wake_prep},
>> - {ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_wake), acpi_hw_extended_wake}
>> + { .legacy_function = ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_sleep),
>> + .extended_function = acpi_hw_extended_sleep },
>> + { .legacy_function = ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_wake_prep),
>> + .extended_function = acpi_hw_extended_wake_prep },
>> + { .legacy_function = ACPI_HW_OPTIONAL_FUNCTION(acpi_hw_legacy_wake),
>> + .extended_function = acpi_hw_extended_wake }
>> };
>>
>> /*
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kees Cook
>> Nexus Security



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security