On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 03:49:43PM +0000, Qing Zhao wrote: > the C front-end has been approved by Joseph. > > Jacub, could you please eview the middle end part of the changes of this > patch? > > The major change is in tree-object-size.cc (addr_object_size). > (To use the new TYPE_INCLUDE_FLEXARRAY info). > > This patch is to fix > PR101832(https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101832), > and is needed for Linux Kernel security. It’s better to be put into GCC13. > > Thanks a lot!
Just to confirm, I've done build testing with the Linux kernel, and this is behaving as I'd expect. This makes my life MUCH easier -- many fewer false positives for our bounds checking. :) -Kees -- Kees Cook
