@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ static unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_common(struct file *filp,
struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev;
unsigned long filp_pgoff;
int do_color_align;
- struct vm_unmapped_area_info info;
+ struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {
+ .length = len
+ };
if (unlikely(len > TASK_SIZE))
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -139,7 +141,6 @@ static unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_common(struct file *filp,
return addr;
}
- info.length = len;
info.align_mask = do_color_align ? (PAGE_MASK & (SHM_COLOUR - 1)) : 0;
info.align_offset = shared_align_offset(filp_pgoff, pgoff);
@@ -160,7 +161,6 @@ static unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_common(struct file *filp,
*/
}
- info.flags = 0;
info.low_limit = mm->mmap_base;
info.high_limit = mmap_upper_limit(NULL);
return vm_unmapped_area(&info);
Future changes will need to add a new member to struct vm_unmapped_area_info. This would cause trouble for any call site that doesn't initialize the struct. Currently every caller sets each member manually, so if new members are added they will be uninitialized and the core code parsing the struct will see garbage in the new member. It could be possible to initialize the new member manually to 0 at each call site. This and a couple other options were discussed, and a working consensus (see links) was that in general the best way to accomplish this would be via static initialization with designated member initiators. Having some struct vm_unmapped_area_info instances not zero initialized will put those sites at risk of feeding garbage into vm_unmapped_area() if the convention is to zero initialize the struct and any new member addition misses a call site that initializes each member manually. It could be possible to leave the code mostly untouched, and just change the line: struct vm_unmapped_area_info info to: struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {}; However, that would leave cleanup for the members that are manually set to zero, as it would no longer be required. So to be reduce the chance of bugs via uninitialized members, instead simply continue the process to initialize the struct this way tree wide. This will zero any unspecified members. Move the member initializers to the struct declaration when they are known at that time. Leave the members out that were manually initialized to zero, as this would be redundant for designated initializers. Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202402280912.33AEE7A9CF@keescook/#t Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/j7bfvig3gew3qruouxrh7z7ehjjafrgkbcmg6tcghhfh3rhmzi@wzlcoecgy5rs/ --- v3: - Fixed spelling errors in log - Be consistent about field vs member in log Hi, This patch was split and refactored out of a tree-wide change [0] to just zero-init each struct vm_unmapped_area_info. The overall goal of the series is to help shadow stack guard gaps. Currently, there is only one arch with shadow stacks, but two more are in progress. It is compile tested only. There was further discussion that this method of initializing the structs while nice in some ways has a greater risk of introducing bugs in some of the more complicated callers. Since this version was reviewed my arch maintainers already, leave it as was already acknowledged. Thanks, Rick [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240226190951.3240433-6-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com/ --- arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)