Re: [PATCH 08/17] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors

Kalle Valo
2021-12-14T15:46:41Z

Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> writes:

> Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:
>
>> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
>> field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
>> neighboring fields.
>>
>> Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
>> beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
>> of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally split up a later
>> field-spanning memset() so that memset() can reason about the size.
>>
>> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
>> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>> Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> What's the plan for this patch? I would like to take this via my ath
> tree to avoid conflicts.

Actually this has been already applied:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=ath-next&id=d5549e9a6b86

Why are you submitting the same patch twice?

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