From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] overflow: Make sure size helpers are always inlined
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:24:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224232451.work.614-kees@kernel.org> (raw)
With kmalloc_obj() performing implicit size calculations, the embedded
size_mul() calls, while marked inline, were not always being inlined.
I noticed a couple places where allocations were making a call out for
things that would otherwise be compile-time calculated. Force the
compilers to always inline these calculations.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
---
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org>
---
include/linux/overflow.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index eddd987a8513..a8cb6319b4fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
* both the type-agnostic benefits of the macros while also being able to
* enforce that the return value is, in fact, checked.
*/
-static inline bool __must_check __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
+static __always_inline bool __must_check __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
{
return unlikely(overflow);
}
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static inline bool __must_check __must_check_overflow(bool overflow)
* with any overflow causing the return value to be SIZE_MAX. The
* lvalue must be size_t to avoid implicit type conversion.
*/
-static inline size_t __must_check size_mul(size_t factor1, size_t factor2)
+static __always_inline size_t __must_check size_mul(size_t factor1, size_t factor2)
{
size_t bytes;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_mul(size_t factor1, size_t factor2)
* with any overflow causing the return value to be SIZE_MAX. The
* lvalue must be size_t to avoid implicit type conversion.
*/
-static inline size_t __must_check size_add(size_t addend1, size_t addend2)
+static __always_inline size_t __must_check size_add(size_t addend1, size_t addend2)
{
size_t bytes;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_add(size_t addend1, size_t addend2)
* argument may be SIZE_MAX (or the result with be forced to SIZE_MAX).
* The lvalue must be size_t to avoid implicit type conversion.
*/
-static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
+static __always_inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
{
size_t bytes;
--
2.34.1
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2026-02-24 23:24 Kees Cook [this message]
2026-02-24 8:41 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
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