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Tsirkin" , qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, Dmitry Fleytman , Jason Wang , Keith Busch , Nicholas Piggin , =?UTF-8?q?Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric=20Barrat?= , Fam Zheng , Sven Schnelle , Stefan Hajnoczi , Joel Stanley , Gerd Hoffmann , "Edgar E. Iglesias" , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Hannes Reinecke , Klaus Jensen , Jeuk Kim , Andrew Jeffery , Alistair Francis , Thomas Huth , Michael Tokarev , Laurent Vivier , Rob Herring , Steven Lee , Jamin Lin , Christian Borntraeger , =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9dric=20Le=20Goater?= , =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= Subject: [PULL 01/31] include/qemu/compiler: add QEMU_UNINITIALIZED attribute macro Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:25:03 -0400 Message-ID: <20250611182533.200590-2-stefanha@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20250611182533.200590-1-stefanha@redhat.com> References: <20250611182533.200590-1-stefanha@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.93 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=stefanha@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org The QEMU_UNINITIALIZED macro is to be used to skip the default compiler variable initialization done by -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero. Use this in cases where there a method in the device I/O path (or other important hot paths), that has large variables on the stack. A rule of thumb is that "large" means a method with 4kb data in the local stack frame. Any variables which are KB in size, should be annotated with this attribute, to pre-emptively eliminate any potential overhead from the compiler zero'ing memory. Given that this turns off a security hardening feature, when using this to flag variables, it is important that the code is double-checked to ensure there is no possible use of uninitialized data in the method. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Message-id: 20250610123709.835102-2-berrange@redhat.com [DB: split off patch & rewrite guidance on when to use the annotation] Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi --- include/qemu/compiler.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h index 496dac5ac1..65b89958d3 100644 --- a/include/qemu/compiler.h +++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h @@ -207,6 +207,26 @@ # define QEMU_USED #endif +/* + * Disable -ftrivial-auto-var-init on a local variable. + * + * Use this in cases where there a method in the device I/O path (or other + * important hot paths), that has large variables on the stack. A rule of + * thumb is that "large" means a method with 4kb data in the local stack + * frame. Any variables which are KB in size, should be annotated with this + * attribute, to pre-emptively eliminate any potential overhead from the + * compiler's implicit zero'ing of memory. + * + * Given that this turns off a security hardening feature, when using this + * to flag variables, it is important that the code is double-checked to + * ensure there is no possible use of uninitialized data in the method. + */ +#if __has_attribute(uninitialized) +# define QEMU_UNINITIALIZED __attribute__((uninitialized)) +#else +# define QEMU_UNINITIALIZED +#endif + /* * http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSafetyAnalysis.html * -- 2.49.0