Hi Alexander,
On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 02:58:15PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> From: Erick Archer <erick.arc...@outlook.com>
> Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 19:42:08 +0200
>
> > Provide UAPI macros for UAPI structs that will gain annotations for
> > __counted_by_{le, be} attributes.
>
> Pls add me to Cc next time.
Ok.
> Why is this change needed? __counted_by_{le, be}() aren't used anywhere
> in the uAPI headers.
The goal of this commit is to be able to accept this another one [1].
In the "batman-adv" we annotate "struct batadv_tvlv_tt_data" with the
"__counted_by_be()" attribute.
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/as8pr02mb72371f89d188b047410b755e8b...@as8pr02mb7237.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com/
Thanks,
Erick
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.arc...@outlook.com>
> > ---
> > include/uapi/linux/stddef.h | 8 ++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h b/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
> > index 2ec6f35cda32..58154117d9b0 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
> > @@ -55,4 +55,12 @@
> > #define __counted_by(m)
> > #endif
> >
> > +#ifndef __counted_by_le
> > +#define __counted_by_le(m)
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +#ifndef __counted_by_be
> > +#define __counted_by_be(m)
> > +#endif
> > +
> > #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_STDDEF_H */
>
> Thanks,
> Olek
