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-rw-r--r--Makefile15
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler-gcc.h8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler_attributes.h10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler_types.h12
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl3
5 files changed, 47 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed6e7ec60eff..d09ac84a170b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1008,6 +1008,21 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
endif
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
+# The allocators already balk at large sizes, so silence the compiler
+# warnings for bounds checks involving those possible values. While
+# -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than would normally be used here, earlier versions
+# of gcc (<9.1) weirdly don't handle the option correctly when _other_
+# warnings are produced (?!). Using -Walloc-size-larger-than=SIZE_MAX
+# doesn't work (as it is documented to), silently resolving to "0" prior to
+# version 9.1 (and producing an error more recently). Numeric values larger
+# than PTRDIFF_MAX also don't work prior to version 9.1, which are silently
+# ignored, continuing to default to PTRDIFF_MAX. So, left with no other
+# choice, we must perform a versioned check to disable this warning.
+# https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210824115859.187f272f@canb.auug.org.au
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 0901, -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than)
+endif
+
# disable invalid "can't wrap" optimizations for signed / pointers
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-overflow
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index bd2b881c6b63..b9d5f9c373a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -144,3 +144,11 @@
#else
#define __diag_GCC_8(s)
#endif
+
+/*
+ * Prior to 9.1, -Wno-alloc-size-larger-than (and therefore the "alloc_size"
+ * attribute) do not work, and must be disabled.
+ */
+#if GCC_VERSION < 90100
+#undef __alloc_size__
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
index e6ec63403965..3de06a8fae73 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@
#define __aligned_largest __attribute__((__aligned__))
/*
+ * Note: do not use this directly. Instead, use __alloc_size() since it is conditionally
+ * available and includes other attributes.
+ *
+ * gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-alloc_005fsize-function-attribute
+ * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#alloc-size
+ */
+#define __alloc_size__(x, ...) __attribute__((__alloc_size__(x, ## __VA_ARGS__)))
+
+/*
* Note: users of __always_inline currently do not write "inline" themselves,
* which seems to be required by gcc to apply the attribute according
* to its docs (and also "warning: always_inline function might not be
@@ -153,6 +162,7 @@
/*
* gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-malloc-function-attribute
+ * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#malloc
*/
#define __malloc __attribute__((__malloc__))
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index b6ff83a714ca..4f2203c4a257 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -250,6 +250,18 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
# define __cficanonical
#endif
+/*
+ * Any place that could be marked with the "alloc_size" attribute is also
+ * a place to be marked with the "malloc" attribute. Do this as part of the
+ * __alloc_size macro to avoid redundant attributes and to avoid missing a
+ * __malloc marking.
+ */
+#ifdef __alloc_size__
+# define __alloc_size(x, ...) __alloc_size__(x, ## __VA_ARGS__) __malloc
+#else
+# define __alloc_size(x, ...) __malloc
+#endif
+
#ifndef asm_volatile_goto
#define asm_volatile_goto(x...) asm goto(x)
#endif
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c27d2312cfc3..88cb294dc447 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ our $Attribute = qr{
____cacheline_aligned|
____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|
- __weak
+ __weak|
+ __alloc_size\s*\(\s*\d+\s*(?:,\s*\d+\s*)?\)
}x;
our $Modifier;
our $Inline = qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline|__inline|__inline__};