linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v5 06/15] ftrace: Use an opaque type for functions not callable from C

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Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:04:00 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/15] ftrace: Use an opaque type for functions not
 callable from C

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:16:49AM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, the compiler changes function references to
> point to the CFI jump table. As ftrace_call, ftrace_regs_call, and
> mcount_call are not called by C code, but are trampolines injected
> as calls replacing the nops at the start of functions added by the
> compiler, use DECLARE_NOT_CALLED_FROM_C to declare them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

Looks right to me...

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook