In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across neighboring fields. Add struct_group() to mark region of struct mlx5_ib_mr that should be initialized to zero. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h index 585fb00bdce8..830066e95260 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h @@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ struct mlx5_ib_mr { struct ib_umem *umem; /* This is zero'd when the MR is allocated */ + struct_group(cleared, union { /* Used only while the MR is in the cache */ struct { @@ -691,12 +692,13 @@ struct mlx5_ib_mr { bool is_odp_implicit; }; }; + ); }; /* Zero the fields in the mr that are variant depending on usage */ static inline void mlx5_clear_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr) { - memset(mr->out, 0, sizeof(*mr) - offsetof(struct mlx5_ib_mr, out)); + memset(&mr->cleared, 0, sizeof(mr->cleared)); } static inline bool is_odp_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr) -- 2.30.2