From 5854a09b49574da5a77a0f36ad7b021a2661321d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:12:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] net/ipv4: Use __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper We now have a cleaner way to keep compatibility with user-space (a.k.a. not breaking it) when we need to keep in place a one-element array (for its use in user-space) together with a flexible-array member (for its use in kernel-space) without making it hard to read at the source level. This is through the use of the new __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper macro. The size and memory layout of the structure is preserved after the changes. See below. Before changes: $ pahole -C ip_msfilter net/ipv4/igmp.o struct ip_msfilter { union { struct { __be32 imsf_multiaddr_aux; /* 0 4 */ __be32 imsf_interface_aux; /* 4 4 */ __u32 imsf_fmode_aux; /* 8 4 */ __u32 imsf_numsrc_aux; /* 12 4 */ __be32 imsf_slist[1]; /* 16 4 */ }; /* 0 20 */ struct { __be32 imsf_multiaddr; /* 0 4 */ __be32 imsf_interface; /* 4 4 */ __u32 imsf_fmode; /* 8 4 */ __u32 imsf_numsrc; /* 12 4 */ __be32 imsf_slist_flex[0]; /* 16 0 */ }; /* 0 16 */ }; /* 0 20 */ /* size: 20, cachelines: 1, members: 1 */ /* last cacheline: 20 bytes */ }; After changes: $ pahole -C ip_msfilter net/ipv4/igmp.o struct ip_msfilter { __be32 imsf_multiaddr; /* 0 4 */ __be32 imsf_interface; /* 4 4 */ __u32 imsf_fmode; /* 8 4 */ __u32 imsf_numsrc; /* 12 4 */ union { __be32 imsf_slist[1]; /* 16 4 */ struct { struct { } __empty_imsf_slist_flex; /* 16 0 */ __be32 imsf_slist_flex[0]; /* 16 0 */ }; /* 16 0 */ }; /* 16 4 */ /* size: 20, cachelines: 1, members: 5 */ /* last cacheline: 20 bytes */ }; In the past, we had to duplicate the whole original structure within a union, and update the names of all the members. Now, we just need to declare the flexible-array member to be used in kernel-space through the __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper together with the one-element array, within a union. This makes the source code more clean and easier to read. Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/193 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/uapi/linux/in.h | 20 ++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in.h b/include/uapi/linux/in.h index 1416822..578daa6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/in.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/in.h @@ -188,21 +188,13 @@ struct ip_mreq_source { }; struct ip_msfilter { + __be32 imsf_multiaddr; + __be32 imsf_interface; + __u32 imsf_fmode; + __u32 imsf_numsrc; union { - struct { - __be32 imsf_multiaddr_aux; - __be32 imsf_interface_aux; - __u32 imsf_fmode_aux; - __u32 imsf_numsrc_aux; - __be32 imsf_slist[1]; - }; - struct { - __be32 imsf_multiaddr; - __be32 imsf_interface; - __u32 imsf_fmode; - __u32 imsf_numsrc; - __be32 imsf_slist_flex[]; - }; + __be32 imsf_slist[1]; + __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__be32, imsf_slist_flex); }; }; -- 2.7.4