Re: [PATCH] perf/ring_buffer: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 11:15:04AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 07:40:58PM +0200, Erick Archer wrote:
> > This is an effort to get rid of all multiplications from allocation
> > functions in order to prevent integer overflows [1][2].
> 
> So personally I detest struct_size() because I can never remember wtf it
> does, whereas the code it replaces is simple and straight forward :/

Sure, new APIs can involved a learning curve. If we can all handle
container_of(), we can deal with struct_size(). :)

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Kees Cook