[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v4] idpf: avoid compiler padding in virtchnl2_ptype struct

Pavan Kumar Linga pavan.kumar.linga at intel.com
Wed Jan 24 00:10:26 UTC 2024


In the arm random config file, kconfig option 'CONFIG_AEABI' is
disabled which results in adding the compiler flag '-mabi=apcs-gnu'.
This causes the compiler to add padding in virtchnl2_ptype
structure to align it to 8 bytes, resulting in the following
size check failure:

include/linux/build_bug.h:78:41: error: static assertion failed: "(6) == sizeof(struct virtchnl2_ptype)"
      78 | #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)
         |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:77:34: note: in expansion of macro '__static_assert'
      77 | #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)
         |                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h:26:9: note: in expansion of macro 'static_assert'
      26 |         static_assert((n) == sizeof(struct X))
         |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h:982:1: note: in expansion of macro 'VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN'
     982 | VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(6, virtchnl2_ptype);
         | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Avoid the compiler padding by using "__packed" structure
attribute for the virtchnl2_ptype struct. Also align the
structure by using "__aligned(2)" for better code optimization.
While at it, swap the static_assert conditional statement
variables.

Fixes: 0d7502a9b4a7 ("virtchnl: add virtchnl version 2 ops")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202312220250.ufEm8doQ-lkp@intel.com
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel at molgen.mpg.de>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga at intel.com>

---
v4:
 - swap the static_assert conditional statement variables

v3:
 - add "__aligned(2)" structure attribute for better code optimization

v2:
 - add the kconfig option causing the compile failure to the commit message
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
index 8dc83788972..506036e7df0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * is not exactly the correct length.
  */
 #define VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(n, X)	\
-	static_assert((n) == sizeof(struct X))
+	static_assert(sizeof(struct X) == (n))
 
 /* New major set of opcodes introduced and so leaving room for
  * old misc opcodes to be added in future. Also these opcodes may only
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ struct virtchnl2_ptype {
 	u8 proto_id_count;
 	__le16 pad;
 	__le16 proto_id[];
-};
+} __packed __aligned(2);
 VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(6, virtchnl2_ptype);
 
 /**
-- 
2.43.0



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