From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: "Thomas Hellström" <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
Christian Koenig <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
Somalapuram Amaranath <Amaranath.Somalapuram@amd.com>,
Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>,
Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@intel.com>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] drm/ttm: Silence randstruct warning about casting struct file
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 17:24:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250502002437.it.851-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
Casting through a "void *" isn't sufficient to convince the randstruct
GCC plugin that the result is intentional. Instead operate through an
explicit union to silence the warning:
drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c: In function 'ttm_file_to_backup':
drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c:21:16: note: randstruct: casting between randomized structure pointer types (ssa): 'struct ttm_backup' and 'struct file'
21 | return (void *)file;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
Suggested-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Fixes: e7b5d23e5d47 ("drm/ttm: Provide a shmem backup implementation")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
v2: use struct and container_of (matthew)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250501195859.work.107-kees@kernel.org/
Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Christian Koenig <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Cc: Somalapuram Amaranath <Amaranath.Somalapuram@amd.com>
Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Cc: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Cc: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@intel.com>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c
index 93c007f18855..60cff6c60db4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c
@@ -9,16 +9,21 @@
/*
* Casting from randomized struct file * to struct ttm_backup * is fine since
- * struct ttm_backup is never defined nor dereferenced.
+ * struct ttm_backup is never defined nor dereferenced. Use a single-member
+ * struct to avoid cast warnings.
*/
+struct ttm_backup {
+ struct file file;
+};
+
static struct file *ttm_backup_to_file(struct ttm_backup *backup)
{
- return (void *)backup;
+ return &backup->file;
}
static struct ttm_backup *ttm_file_to_backup(struct file *file)
{
- return (void *)file;
+ return container_of(file, struct ttm_backup, file);
}
/*
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-05-02 0:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-02 0:24 Kees Cook [this message]
2025-05-02 2:13 ` [PATCH v2] drm/ttm: Silence randstruct warning about casting struct file Matthew Brost
2025-05-02 2:24 ` Kees Cook
2025-05-02 2:34 ` Al Viro
2025-05-02 2:46 ` Kees Cook
2025-05-02 4:26 ` Matthew Brost
2025-05-02 4:31 ` Al Viro
2025-05-02 4:52 ` Matthew Brost
2025-05-02 5:33 ` Al Viro
2025-05-02 7:49 ` Christian König
2025-05-02 10:44 ` Thomas Hellström
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