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Compiler Attributes: Add __pass_object_size for Clang

In order to gain greater visibility to type information when using
__builtin_object_size(), Clang has a function attribute "pass_object_size"
that will make size information available for marked arguments in
a function by way of implicit additional function arguments that are
then wired up the __builtin_object_size().

This is needed to implement FORTIFY_SOURCE in Clang, as a workaround
to Clang's __builtin_object_size() having limited visibility[1] into types
across function calls (even inlines).

This attribute has an additional benefit that it can be used even on
non-inline functions to gain argument size information.

[1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53516



Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev
Reviewed-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarNick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220208225350.1331628-3-keescook@chromium.org
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