On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 11.12.2024 12:05, Alessandro Zucchelli wrote: > > Rule 11.1 states as following: "Conversions shall not be performed > > between a pointer to a function and any other type". > > > > In "xen/common/bug.c", in order to get additional debug information, > > pointer "bug_fn_t *fn" in the data section is converted to a function > > pointer, which is then used to get such information. > > If the pointer converted pointed into the data section, it would fault > upon being used to call what it points to, for the lack of execute > permissions there. > > The change itself looks okay to me, but the description imo needs > updating, to be as precise as possible.
What about: In "xen/common/bug.c", in order to get additional debug information, pointer "bug_fn_t *fn" is converted to a function pointer, which is then used to get such information. ?
