MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro used to create aliases to device tables. Normally alias should have the same type as aliased symbol. Device tables are arrays, so they have 'struct type##_device_id[x]' types. Alias created by MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() will have non-array type - 'struct type##_device_id'. This inconsistency confuses compiler, it could make a wrong assumption about variable's size which leads KASan to produce a false positive report about out of bounds access. Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/module.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index b653d7c..7e3ccd0 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void trim_init_extable(struct module *m); #ifdef MODULE /* Creates an alias so file2alias.c can find device table. */ #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name) \ - extern const struct type##_device_id __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \ +extern typeof(name) __mod_##type##__##name##_device_table \ __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name)))) #else /* !MODULE */ #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type, name) -- 2.2.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>