Re: [PATCH v2 11/20] randstruct: Disable randomization of ACPICA structs

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:03:23PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 01:17:15PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> Since the ACPICA source is maintained externally to the kernel, we can
> >> neither switch it to designated initializers nor mark it
> >> __no_randomize_layout. Until ACPICA-upstream changes[1] land to handle the
> >> designated initialization, explicitly skip it in the plugin.
> >>
> >> [1] https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/248
> >
> > I'd just overried the ACPIA bullshit process and just include these
> > changes, as they are a major improvement independent of any
> > reandomization.
> 
> Well... I'd rather not. It's been explicitly NAKed by them already,
> which is why I sent the upstream solution (though it's being ignored
> currently).

Send it to linux-keernel again and we'll override their bulllshit.
We can make exceptions from our coding style and preference just because
they are idiots.  And the whole ACPI mess needs urgent de-obsfucation
anyway.