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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] seq_file: Require explicit initialization of struct seq_operations
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:58:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261014225818.3457479-2-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014225811.i.852-kees@kernel.org>

In the very unlikely chance that a seq_operations didn't get initialized,
we wouldn't want them calling some random location. As a first example
user of __require_explicit_initialization, annotate them so a missing
initializer is a compile-time warning.

Every seq_operations in the tree already sets all four, so no new warnings
are added.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/seq_file.h | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index dc0e8c62d9e0..f0e7e52a0905 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ struct seq_file {
 	void *private;
 };
 
+/* All four are called without checking for NULL. */
 struct seq_operations {
-	void * (*start) (struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos);
-	void (*stop) (struct seq_file *m, void *v);
-	void * (*next) (struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos);
-	int (*show) (struct seq_file *m, void *v);
+	void *(*start)(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+		__require_explicit_initialization;
+	void (*stop)(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+		__require_explicit_initialization;
+	void *(*next)(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
+		__require_explicit_initialization;
+	int (*show)(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+		__require_explicit_initialization;
 };
 
 #define SEQ_SKIP 1
-- 
2.55.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-14 22:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-14 22:58 [PATCH 0/2] Add __require_explicit_initialization and its first user Kees Cook
2026-10-14 22:58 ` [PATCH 1/2] Compiler Attributes: Add __require_explicit_initialization macro Kees Cook
2026-10-14 23:44   ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-10-14 22:58 ` Kees Cook [this message]

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