Re: [PATCH v2] drm/ttm: Silence randstruct warning about casting struct file

[Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 07:13:12PM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 05:24:38PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> I forgot the policy if suggest-by but will add:
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
> 
> Thomas was out today I suspect he will look at this tomorrow when he is
> back too.

[fsdevel and the rest of VFS maintainers Cc'd]

NAKed-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Reason: struct file should *NOT* be embedded into other objects without
the core VFS being very explicitly aware of those.  The only such case
is outright local to fs/file_table.c, and breeding more of those is
a really bad idea.

Don't do that.  Same goes for struct {dentry, super_block, mount}
in case anyone gets similar ideas.