[RFC PATCH v2 08/21] psci: Fix the function type for psci_initcall_t

Mark Rutland mark.rutland at arm.com
Tue May 17 01:47:37 PDT 2022


On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 01:21:46PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Functions called through a psci_initcall_t pointer all have
> non-const arguments. Fix the type definition to avoid tripping
> indirect call checks with CFI_CLANG.
> 
> Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen at google.com>

I'd prefer that we spread the `const` to each of the implementations rather
than dropping it from the type.

I have a local patch for that I can send out shortly.

Thanks,
Mark.

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c
> index cfb448eabdaa..6554bf4b8c99 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c
> @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int __init psci_probe(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -typedef int (*psci_initcall_t)(const struct device_node *);
> +typedef int (*psci_initcall_t)(struct device_node *);
>  
>  /*
>   * PSCI init function for PSCI versions >=0.2
> -- 
> 2.36.0.550.gb090851708-goog
> 



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