On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:19:53PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:03:07PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 02:42:10PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > When a GCC version mismatch is detected, print a warning and disable the > > > plugin. The only exception is the RANDSTRUCT plugin which needs all > > > code to see the same struct layouts. In that case print an error. > > > > I prefer this patch as-is: only randstruct needs a hard failure. The > > others likely work (in fact, randstruct likely works too). > > I'm curious about this last statement, why would randstruct likely work? > > Even struct module has '__randomize_layout', wouldn't basic module init > go splat? No; the seed is part of the generate includes -- you'll get the same layout with the same seed. -- Kees Cook