Hi,
> From: keesc...@google.com [mailto:keesc...@google.com] On Behalf Of Kees Cook
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: use designated initializers
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zh...@intel.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >> From: Kees Cook [mailto:keesc...@chromium.org]
> >> 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?
It's MSVC.
In ACPICA upstream, it supports Intel compiler, GCC and MSVC.
>
> #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),
> ...
There are many such cases in ACPICA, and I couldn't see the benefit to
introduce such mechanism to such a software whose purposes contain portability.
Unless you can invent a mechanism that can be utilized by all such cases.
Then you should put it into acgcc.h and implement a replaceable in acmsvc.h.
After that, you surely need to do a cleanup in the entire ACPICA code base
using this new mechanism.
Thanks
Lv
>
>
> -Kees
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Lv
> >
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> >> ---
> >> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Pixel Security
