Re: [PATCH] net: sched: Fix memory exposure from short TCA_U32_SEL

From: Al Viro
Date: Sun Aug 26 2018 - 18:43:47 EST


On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 03:26:54PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sun, 2018-08-26 at 22:24 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:57:57AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> >
> > > > That, BTW, is why I hate the use of sizeof(*p) in kmalloc, etc.
> > > > arguments. typeof is even worse in that respect.
> > >
> > > True. Semantic searches via tools like coccinelle could help here
> > > but those searches are quite a bit slower than straightforward greps.
> >
> > Those searches are .config-sensitive as well, which can be much more
> > unpleasant than being slow...
>
> Are they? Julia?

They work pretty much on preprocessor output level; if something it ifdef'ed
out on given config, it won't be seen...