diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index 35042d96cf5d..5f7df50cfe7a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV)		+= sancov_plugin.so
 gcc-plugin-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)	+= structleak_plugin.so
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE)	\
 		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
+gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF)		\
+		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL)	\
 		+= -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all
 gcc-plugin-cflags-$(CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK)		\
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
index d45f7f36b859..d0cc92e48f6f 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
@@ -67,27 +67,63 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY
 	   * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
 
 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
-	bool "Force initialization of variables containing userspace addresses"
+	bool "Zero initialize stack variables"
 	# Currently STRUCTLEAK inserts initialization out of live scope of
 	# variables from KASAN point of view. This leads to KASAN false
 	# positive reports. Prohibit this combination for now.
 	depends on !KASAN_EXTRA
 	help
-	  This plugin zero-initializes any structures containing a
-	  __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of information
-	  exposures.
-
-	  This plugin was ported from grsecurity/PaX. More information at:
+	  While the kernel is built with warnings enabled for any missed
+	  stack variable initializations, this warning is silenced for
+	  anything passed by reference to another function, under the
+	  occasionally misguided assumption that the function will do
+	  the initialization. As this regularly leads to exploitable
+	  flaws, this plugin is available to identify and zero-initialize
+	  such variables, depending on the chosen level of coverage.
+
+	  This plugin was originally ported from grsecurity/PaX. More
+	  information at:
 	   * https://grsecurity.net/
 	   * https://pax.grsecurity.net/
 
-config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
-	bool "Force initialize all struct type variables passed by reference"
+choice
+	prompt "Coverage"
 	depends on GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
-	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
+	default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
 	help
-	  Zero initialize any struct type local variable that may be passed by
-	  reference without having been initialized.
+	  This chooses the level of coverage over classes of potentially
+	  uninitialized variables. The selected class will be
+	  zero-initialized before use.
+
+	config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_USER
+		bool "structs marked for userspace"
+		help
+		  Zero-initialize any structures on the stack containing
+		  a __user attribute. This can prevent some classes of
+		  uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
+		  exposures, like CVE-2013-2141:
+		  https://git.kernel.org/linus/b9e146d8eb3b9eca
+
+	config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
+		bool "structs passed by reference"
+		help
+		  Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
+		  be passed by reference and had not already been
+		  explicitly initialized. This can prevent most classes
+		  of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
+		  exposures, like CVE-2017-1000410:
+		  https://git.kernel.org/linus/06e7e776ca4d3654
+
+	config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
+		bool "anything passed by reference"
+		help
+		  Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
+		  by reference and had not already been explicitly
+		  initialized. This is intended to eliminate all classes
+		  of uninitialized stack variable exploits and information
+		  exposures.
+
+endchoice
 
 config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_VERBOSE
 	bool "Report forcefully initialized variables"
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c b/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
index 10292f791e99..e89be8f5c859 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * Options:
  * -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-disable
  * -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-verbose
+ * -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref
  * -fplugin-arg-structleak_plugin-byref-all
  *
  * Usage:
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
  * $ gcc -fplugin=./structleak_plugin.so test.c -O2
  *
  * TODO: eliminate redundant initializers
- *       increase type coverage
  */
 
 #include "gcc-common.h"
@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@
 __visible int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
 
 static struct plugin_info structleak_plugin_info = {
-	.version	= "201607271510vanilla",
+	.version	= "20190125vanilla",
 	.help		= "disable\tdo not activate plugin\n"
-			   "verbose\tprint all initialized variables\n",
+			  "byref\tinit structs passed by reference\n"
+			  "byref-all\tinit anything passed by reference\n"
+			  "verbose\tprint all initialized variables\n",
 };
 
+#define BYREF_STRUCT	1
+#define BYREF_ALL	2
+
 static bool verbose;
-static bool byref_all;
+static int byref;
 
 static tree handle_user_attribute(tree *node, tree name, tree args, int flags, bool *no_add_attrs)
 {
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ static void initialize(tree var)
 	gimple_stmt_iterator gsi;
 	tree initializer;
 	gimple init_stmt;
+	tree type;
 
 	/* this is the original entry bb before the forced split */
 	bb = single_succ(ENTRY_BLOCK_PTR_FOR_FN(cfun));
@@ -148,11 +154,15 @@ static void initialize(tree var)
 	if (verbose)
 		inform(DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION(var),
 			"%s variable will be forcibly initialized",
-			(byref_all && TREE_ADDRESSABLE(var)) ? "byref"
-							     : "userspace");
+			(byref && TREE_ADDRESSABLE(var)) ? "byref"
+							 : "userspace");
 
 	/* build the initializer expression */
-	initializer = build_constructor(TREE_TYPE(var), NULL);
+	type = TREE_TYPE(var);
+	if (AGGREGATE_TYPE_P(type))
+		initializer = build_constructor(type, NULL);
+	else
+		initializer = fold_convert(type, integer_zero_node);
 
 	/* build the initializer stmt */
 	init_stmt = gimple_build_assign(var, initializer);
@@ -184,13 +194,13 @@ static unsigned int structleak_execute(void)
 		if (!auto_var_in_fn_p(var, current_function_decl))
 			continue;
 
-		/* only care about structure types */
-		if (TREE_CODE(type) != RECORD_TYPE && TREE_CODE(type) != UNION_TYPE)
+		/* only care about structure types unless byref-all */
+		if (byref != BYREF_ALL && TREE_CODE(type) != RECORD_TYPE && TREE_CODE(type) != UNION_TYPE)
 			continue;
 
 		/* if the type is of interest, examine the variable */
 		if (TYPE_USERSPACE(type) ||
-		    (byref_all && TREE_ADDRESSABLE(var)))
+		    (byref && TREE_ADDRESSABLE(var)))
 			initialize(var);
 	}
 
@@ -232,8 +242,12 @@ __visible int plugin_init(struct plugin_name_args *plugin_info, struct plugin_gc
 			verbose = true;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i].key, "byref")) {
+			byref = BYREF_STRUCT;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(argv[i].key, "byref-all")) {
-			byref_all = true;
+			byref = BYREF_ALL;
 			continue;
 		}
 		error(G_("unknown option '-fplugin-arg-%s-%s'"), plugin_name, argv[i].key);
