net/core/skbuff.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
This patch fixes a build failure in net/core/skbuff.c that occurs when
CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y is enabled.
v2: use __no_profile instead of preprocessor guards, as suggested
by Thomas Weißschuh. This solves the root cause (GCOV counters
preventing constant folding) and also removes the existing
CONFIG_KCOV_INSTRUMENT_ALL guard which is no longer needed.
Build failure without this patch
---------------------------------
With the following configuration:
CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y
# CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE is not set
CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_RDS=y
CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_URING=y
The kernel fails to build with:
In file included from <command-line>:
In function 'skb_extensions_init',
inlined from 'skb_init' at net/core/skbuff.c:5214:2:
././include/linux/compiler_types.h:706:45: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_1490' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: skb_ext_total_length() > 255
706 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^
././include/linux/compiler_types.h:687:25: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
687 | prefix ## suffix(); \
| ^~~~~~
././include/linux/compiler_types.h:706:9: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
706 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/build_bug.h:40:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
40 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/build_bug.h:51:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
51 | BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(condition, "BUILD_BUG_ON failed: " #condition)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
net/core/skbuff.c:5163:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON'
5163 | BUILD_BUG_ON(skb_ext_total_length() > 255);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:289: net/core/skbuff.o] Error 1
Testing
-------
Tested with GCC 11.4.1 and GCC 16.0.1 20260327 (experimental) - both
exhibit the same build failure without the patch. Both compile
successfully with the patch applied.
Konstantin Khorenko (1):
net: fix skb_ext_total_length() BUILD_BUG_ON with CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
net/core/skbuff.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
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