Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: Fix type of second parameter in trans_msg() callback

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On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 08:25:39AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
> indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
> pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
> ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
> which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
> proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
> reveals:
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mxgpu_ai.c:412:15: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'void (*)(struct amdgpu_device *, u32, u32, u32, u32)' (aka 'void (*)(struct amdgpu_device *, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)') with an expression of type 'void (struct amdgpu_device *, enum idh_request, u32, u32, u32)' (aka 'void (struct amdgpu_device *, enum idh_request, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)') [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
>           .trans_msg = xgpu_ai_mailbox_trans_msg,
>                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   1 error generated.
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mxgpu_nv.c:435:15: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'void (*)(struct amdgpu_device *, u32, u32, u32, u32)' (aka 'void (*)(struct amdgpu_device *, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)') with an expression of type 'void (struct amdgpu_device *, enum idh_request, u32, u32, u32)' (aka 'void (struct amdgpu_device *, enum idh_request, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)') [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
>           .trans_msg = xgpu_nv_mailbox_trans_msg,
>                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   1 error generated.
> 
> The type of the second parameter in the prototype should be 'enum
> idh_request' instead of 'u32'. Update it to clear up the warnings.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750
> Reported-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook



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