linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevice: define and allocate &net_device _properly

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Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 11:10:35 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Kees Cook
 <keescook@...omium.org>, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming@...el.com,
 linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevice: define and allocate &net_device
 _properly_

On Tue,  7 May 2024 14:39:37 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> There are several instances of the structure embedded into other
> structures, but also there's ongoing effort to remove them and we
> could in the meantime declare &net_device properly.

Is there a reason you're reposting this before that effort is completed?
The warnings this adds come from sparse and you think they should be
ignored?

TBH since Breno is doing the heavy lifting of changing the embedders 
it'd seem more fair to me if he got to send this at the end. Or at
least, you know, got a mention or a CC.