Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:39 PM, John Johansen
<john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/19/2017 09:56 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After merging the kspp tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64
>> allmodconfig) failed like this:
>>
>> security/apparmor/file.c: In function 'aa_path_link':
>> security/apparmor/file.c:475:23: error: positional initialization of field in 'struct' declared with 'designated_init' attribute [-Werror=designated-init]
>>   struct path link = { new_dir->mnt, new_dentry };
>>                        ^
>> security/apparmor/file.c:475:23: note: (near initialization for 'link')
>> security/apparmor/file.c:475:37: error: positional initialization of field in 'struct' declared with 'designated_init' attribute [-Werror=designated-init]
>>   struct path link = { new_dir->mnt, new_dentry };
>>                                      ^
>> security/apparmor/file.c:475:37: note: (near initialization for 'link')
>> security/apparmor/file.c:476:25: error: positional initialization of field in 'struct' declared with 'designated_init' attribute [-Werror=designated-init]
>>   struct path target = { new_dir->mnt, old_dentry };
>>                          ^
>> security/apparmor/file.c:476:25: note: (near initialization for 'target')
>> security/apparmor/file.c:476:39: error: positional initialization of field in 'struct' declared with 'designated_init' attribute [-Werror=designated-init]
>>   struct path target = { new_dir->mnt, old_dentry };
>>                                        ^
>> security/apparmor/file.c:476:39: note: (near initialization for 'target')
>>
>> Caused by commit
>>
>>   1a12979f61e4 ("randstruct: Mark various structs for randomization")
>>
>> interacting with commit
>>
>>   8014370f1257 ("apparmor: move path_link mediation to using labels")
>>
>> from the security tree.
>>
>> I added the following merge fix patch for today:
>>
>> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:50:36 +1000
>> Subject: [PATCH] apparmor: put back designators in struct initialisers
>>
>> Fixes: 8014370f1257 ("apparmor: move path_link mediation to using labels")
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi James,

Just a ping; this needs to get into -next to avoid build errors.
Please consider it also:

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security