Re: [PATCH 06/64] bnxt_en: Use struct_group_attr() for memcpy() region

[Michael Chan]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 2:01 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> intentionally writing across neighboring fields.
>
> Use struct_group() around members queue_id, min_bw, max_bw, tsa, pri_lvl,
> and bw_weight so they can be referenced together. This will allow memcpy()
> and sizeof() to more easily reason about sizes, improve readability,
> and avoid future warnings about writing beyond the end of queue_id.
>
> "pahole" shows no size nor member offset changes to struct bnxt_cos2bw_cfg.
> "objdump -d" shows no meaningful object code changes (i.e. only source
> line number induced differences and optimizations).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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