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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 22:41:49 +0900
From: Joonwon Kang <kjw1627@...il.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: re.emese@...il.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
jinb.park7@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] randstruct: remove dead code in is_pure_ops_struct()
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:59:30PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 03:01:49AM +0900, Joonwon Kang wrote:
> > Recursive declaration for struct which has member of the same struct
> > type, for example,
> >
> > struct foo {
> > struct foo f;
> > ...
> > };
> >
> > is not allowed. So, it is unnecessary to check if a struct has this
> > kind of member.
>
> Is that the only case where this loop could happen? Seems also safe to
> just leave it as-is...
>
> -Kees
I think it is pretty obvious that it is the only case. I compiled kernel
with allyesconfig and the condition never hit even once. However, it will
also be no problem to just leave it as-is as you mentioned.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joonwon Kang <kjw1627@...il.com>
> > ---
> > scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c | 3 ---
> > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
> > index bd29e4e7a524..e14efe23e645 100644
> > --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
> > +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.c
> > @@ -440,9 +440,6 @@ static int is_pure_ops_struct(const_tree node)
> > const_tree fieldtype = get_field_type(field);
> > enum tree_code code = TREE_CODE(fieldtype);
> >
> > - if (node == fieldtype)
> > - continue;
> > -
> > if (code == RECORD_TYPE || code == UNION_TYPE) {
> > if (!is_pure_ops_struct(fieldtype))
> > return 0;
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
>
> --
> Kees Cook
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