The patch titled Subject: sparse doesn't support struct randomization has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: sparse doesn't support struct randomization Without this patch, I drown in a sea of unknown attribute warnings Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180117024539.27354-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/compiler-gcc.h~sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization include/linux/compiler-gcc.h --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h~sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization +++ a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ /* Mark a function definition as prohibited from being cloned. */ #define __noclone __attribute__((__noclone__, __optimize__("no-tracer"))) -#ifdef RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN +#if defined(RANDSTRUCT_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__) #define __randomize_layout __attribute__((randomize_layout)) #define __no_randomize_layout __attribute__((no_randomize_layout)) #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are sparse-doesnt-support-struct-randomization.patch mm-align-struct-page-more-aesthetically.patch mm-de-indent-struct-page.patch mm-remove-misleading-alignment-claims.patch mm-improve-comment-on-page-mapping.patch mm-introduce-_slub_counter_t.patch mm-store-compound_dtor-compound_order-as-bytes.patch mm-store-compound_dtor-compound_order-as-bytes-fix.patch mm-document-how-to-use-struct-page.patch mm-remove-reference-to-pg_buddy.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html