Re: [PATCH 2/2] tracefs: Don't overlay 'struct inode'

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed,  7 Aug 2024 13:51:39 +0200
Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net> wrote:

> diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> index f704d8348357..a7769857962a 100644
> --- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
> @@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ enum {
>  };
>  
>  struct tracefs_inode {
> -	union {
> -		struct inode            vfs_inode;
> -		struct rcu_head		rcu;
> -	};
> +	struct inode		vfs_inode;
> +	struct rcu_head		rcu;

I rather not make this structure any bigger for the rcu element that is not
used until freed.

>  	/* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */
>  	struct list_head	list;
>  	unsigned long           flags;

Perhaps:

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/internal.h b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
index f704d8348357..ab6d6c3d835d 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/tracefs/internal.h
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ enum {
 };
 
 struct tracefs_inode {
+	struct inode            vfs_inode;
+	/* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */
 	union {
-		struct inode            vfs_inode;
+		struct list_head	list;
 		struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	};
-	/* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */
-	struct list_head	list;
 	unsigned long           flags;
 	void                    *private;
 };


-- Steve