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From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
	Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] compiler.h: Introduce __must_be_char_array()
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 19:56:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250206195658.79231973@pumpkin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250206181133.3450635-2-kees@kernel.org>

On Thu,  6 Feb 2025 10:11:29 -0800
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:

> In preparation for adding stricter type checking to the str/mem*()
> helpers, provide a way to check that a variable is a character array
> via __must_be_char_array().
> 
...
> +#define __is_char_array(a)	(__is_array(a) && sizeof((a)[0]) == 1)
> +#define __must_be_char_array(a)	__BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO_MSG(!__is_char_array(a), \
> +							"must be byte array")

If you are only checking the size, perhaps __is_byte_array() would
be a better name.
(You've even used 'byte' in the error message.)

	David

  reply	other threads:[~2025-02-06 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-06 18:11 [PATCH 0/3] string.h: Use ARRAY_SIZE() for memtostr*()/strtomem*() Kees Cook
2025-02-06 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/3] compiler.h: Move C string helpers into C-only kernel section Kees Cook
2025-02-06 20:07   ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-02-06 21:28     ` Kees Cook
2025-02-06 18:11 ` [PATCH 2/3] compiler.h: Introduce __must_be_char_array() Kees Cook
2025-02-06 19:56   ` David Laight [this message]
2025-02-06 21:34     ` Kees Cook
2025-02-06 20:50   ` Kent Overstreet
2025-02-06 21:26     ` Kees Cook
2025-02-07  8:55   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2025-02-07 13:13     ` David Laight
2025-02-07 13:58   ` Kent Overstreet
2025-02-06 18:11 ` [PATCH 3/3] string.h: Use ARRAY_SIZE() for memtostr*()/strtomem*() Kees Cook
2025-02-06 18:41 ` [PATCH 0/3] " Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-06 18:44   ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-02-06 18:45     ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-06 18:52       ` Kees Cook
2025-02-06 19:12         ` Andy Shevchenko

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