On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:11:38 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Stephen Hemminger > <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 20:05:27 -0700 > > Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Stephen Hemminger > >> <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> > For hardening, the driver structure containing function pointers can > >> > be marked read only after initial registration is done. > >> > >> Yay more __ro_after_init! (Minor nit below...) > >> > >> Also, I wonder if there's a way to do build-time section checking, > >> e.g. adding "is this hv_driver marked __ro_after_init?" in > >> __vmbus_driver_register... > > > > Is there a macro or tool to check this? > > There isn't, no. That's what I was suggesting might be useful to create. :) > > -Kees > Maybe a sparse annotation like __rcu? I am not a sparse expert maybe someone else is. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
