From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Use -fzero-init-padding-bits=all
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:36:53 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250121003646.work.168-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
Enable -fzero-init-padding-bits=all when available (GCC 15+). This will
correctly zero padding bits in structs and unions that might have been
left uninitialized, and will make sure there is no regression in union
initializations[1]. This fixes the following stackinit KUnit selftest
cases that had been XFAIL until now because there was no compiler
support:
ok 38 test_small_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
ok 39 test_big_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
ok 40 test_trailing_hole_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
ok 42 test_small_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
ok 43 test_big_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
ok 44 test_trailing_hole_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
ok 58 test_small_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
ok 59 test_big_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
ok 60 test_trailing_hole_assigned_static_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
ok 62 test_small_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 3
ok 63 test_big_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 124
ok 64 test_trailing_hole_assigned_dynamic_all # SKIP XFAIL uninit bytes: 7
All of the above now pass when built under GCC 15:
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run stackinit --arch=x86_64 \
--make_option CC=gcc-15
Suggested-by: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-toolchains/Z0hRrrNU3Q+ro2T7@tucnak/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
---
| 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--git a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
index 1d13cecc7cc7..eb719f6d8d53 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.extrawarn
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Werror=designated-init)
# Warn if there is an enum types mismatch
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wenum-conversion)
+# Explicitly clear padding bits during variable initialization
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fzero-init-padding-bits=all)
+
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wextra
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wunused
--
2.34.1
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