As already done in GrapheneOS, add the __alloc_size attribute for appropriate page allocator interfaces, to provide additional hinting for better bounds checking, assisting CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE and other compiler optimizations. Co-developed-by: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/gfp.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h index 3745efd21cf6..897538d5ffd2 100644 --- a/include/linux/gfp.h +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h @@ -618,8 +618,10 @@ static inline struct folio *folio_alloc(gfp_t gfp, unsigned int order) extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order); extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask); +__alloc_size(1) void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask); void free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size); +__alloc_size(1) void * __meminit alloc_pages_exact_nid(int nid, size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask); #define __get_free_page(gfp_mask) \ -- 2.30.2