On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 09:09:12PM +0000, Bill Wendling wrote: > In 'struct fw_packet', the 'payload' field points to a buffer of size > 'payload_length' bytes. To enable compiler bounds checking (via KASAN > and __builtin_dynamic_object_size), add the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute > to the 'payload' pointer, associated with the 'payload_length' count. > > A thorough analysis of all allocation and initialization points for > 'struct fw_packet' was conducted. The pointer and its length are > assigned together. > > Because the count field is always correctly initialized before the > pointer is accessed, the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute is fully safe and > will not cause runtime false positives or panics. > > Cc: [email protected] > Assisted-by: LLM > Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <[email protected]> > --- > include/linux/firewire.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to for-next branch. Thanks Takashi Sakamoto
