[PATCH] kexec_file: Adjust type of kexec_purgatory

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue May 09 2017 - 19:06:45 EST


Defining kexec_purgatory as a zero-length char array upsets compile
time size checking. Since this is entirely runtime sized, switch
this to void *. This silences the warning generated by the future
CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE, which did not like the memcmp() of a "0 byte"
array.

Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/kexec_file.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index b118735fea9d..bc86f85f1329 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
* Declare these symbols weak so that if architecture provides a purgatory,
* these will be overridden.
*/
-char __weak kexec_purgatory[0];
+void * __weak kexec_purgatory;
size_t __weak kexec_purgatory_size = 0;

static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image);
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2.7.4


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Kees Cook
Pixel Security