From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: "Jannik Glückert" <jannik.glueckert@gmail.com>,
"Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:40:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250628234034.work.800-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
It seems the Clang can see through OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR when the constant
is coming from sizeof. Adding "volatile" back to these variables solves
this false positive without reintroducing the issues that originally led
to switching to OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR in the first place[1].
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2075 [1]
Cc: "Jannik Glückert" <jannik.glueckert@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Fixes: 6ee149f61bcc ("kunit/fortify: Replace "volatile" with OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR()")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: <linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org>
---
lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c b/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
index 29ffc62a71e3..fc9c76f026d6 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/fortify_kunit.c
@@ -1003,8 +1003,8 @@ static void fortify_test_memcmp(struct kunit *test)
{
char one[] = "My mind is going ...";
char two[] = "My mind is going ... I can feel it.";
- size_t one_len = sizeof(one) - 1;
- size_t two_len = sizeof(two) - 1;
+ volatile size_t one_len = sizeof(one) - 1;
+ volatile size_t two_len = sizeof(two) - 1;
OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(one_len);
OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(two_len);
--
2.34.1
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2025-06-28 23:40 Kees Cook [this message]
2025-07-01 12:35 ` [PATCH] kunit/fortify: Add back "volatile" for sizeof() constants Nathan Chancellor
2025-07-01 13:41 ` Jann Horn
2025-07-01 16:27 ` Kees Cook
2025-07-01 17:38 ` Bill Wendling
2025-07-02 21:12 ` Nathan Chancellor
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