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Commit c37495d6 authored by Kees Cook's avatar Kees Cook Committed by Linus Torvalds
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slab: add __alloc_size attributes for better bounds checking

As already done in GrapheneOS, add the __alloc_size attribute for
regular kmalloc interfaces, to provide additional hinting for better
bounds checking, assisting CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE and other compiler
optimizations.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210930222704.2631604-5-keescook@chromium.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Co-developed-by: default avatarDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarNick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Bounine <alex.bou9@gmail.com>
Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@huawei.com>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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