On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:18:53 -0800 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 08:16:34PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:35:38 +0900 > > Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I think Kees' idea seems better. If you and Beau are good, I will update > > > the macros for __rel_loc. (This requires to change some user-space > > > application which Beau is making too.) > > > > If Beau is OK with it, I'm OK with it too. I need to release a new version > > of libtraceevent anyway, and I can make the update for that too. > > > > Who's adding the patch (if Beau says it's OK), you or Kees? > > I don't know anything about libtraceevent, so hopefully not me! :) The > patches Masami and I already sent fix the warning, so I leave it you > y'all to decide if you want to make the internals a bit simpler. > Thinking about this more. I may just take both your patches, and leave it as an offset from the location of the descriptor. It's closer to the meaning of "relative" than doing it as a fixed offset from data. And then no other patches or user space needs to be changed. Thanks, -- Steve