Re: [PATCH v2 49/63] btrfs: Use memset_startat() to clear end of struct

[Nikolay Borisov]

On 18.08.21 г. 9:05, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
> neighboring fields.
> 
> Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
> beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
> of zeroing through the end of the struct.
> 
> Cc: Chris Mason <c...@fb.com>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jo...@toxicpanda.com>
> Cc: David Sterba <dste...@suse.com>
> Cc: linux-bt...@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nbori...@suse.com>