Patch-Source: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/bf2401407df5bcc938382eb03748fbef41e41c89/trunk/unbundle-jsoncpp-avoid-CFI-faults-with-is_cfi-true.patch From ed8d931e35f81d8566835a579caf7d61368f85b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evangelos Foutras Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:20:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] unbundle/jsoncpp: avoid CFI faults with is_cfi=true Ensure jsoncpp symbols have public visibility and are thus excluded from CFI checks and whole-program optimization. This is achieved by defining JSON_DLL_BUILD which in turn causes json/config.h to define JSON_API as __attribute__((visibility("default"))). The latter macro is used to tag jsoncpp classes and namespace functions throughout jsoncpp's headers. BUG=1365218 Change-Id: I56277737b7d9ecaeb5e17c8d21a2e55f3d5d5bc9 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3919652 Reviewed-by: Thomas Anderson Commit-Queue: Thomas Anderson Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1052077} --- build/linux/unbundle/jsoncpp.gn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/build/linux/unbundle/jsoncpp.gn b/build/linux/unbundle/jsoncpp.gn index 544f9d13c9..e84a0ef27a 100644 --- a/build/linux/unbundle/jsoncpp.gn +++ b/build/linux/unbundle/jsoncpp.gn @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import("//build/shim_headers.gni") pkg_config("jsoncpp_config") { packages = [ "jsoncpp" ] + + # Defining JSON_DLL_BUILD applies public visibility to jsoncpp classes + # thus deactivating CFI checks for them. This avoids CFI violations in + # virtual calls to system jsoncpp library (https://crbug.com/1365218). + defines = [ "JSON_DLL_BUILD" ] } shim_headers("jsoncpp_shim") {