Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle const qualifier from gic_kvm_info allocation type

Marc Zyngier
2026-02-13T15:03:30Z

On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:30:23 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
> we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
> the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
> always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)
>
> The assigned type is "struct gic_kvm_info", but the returned type,
> while matching, is const qualified. To get them exactly matching, just
> use the dereferenced pointer for the sizeof().
>
> [...]

Applied to fixes, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle const qualifier from gic_kvm_info allocation type
commit: ee5c38a8d31e5dea52299c43c2ec3213351ab6e1

Cheers,

M.
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