This series aims to resolve thousands of -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
warnings by introducing `struct sockaddr_legacy`. The intention is to use
it to replace the type of several struct members in the middle of composite
structures, currently of type `struct sockaddr`.
These middle struct members are currently causing thousands of warnings
because `struct sockaddr` contains a flexible-array member, introduced
by commit b5f0de6df6dce ("net: dev: Convert sa_data to flexible array in
struct sockaddR").
The new `struct sockaddr_legacy` doesn't include a flexible-array
member, making it suitable for use as the type of middle members
in composite structs that don't really require the flexible-array
member in `struct sockaddr`, thus avoiding -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
warnings.
As this new struct will live in UAPI, to avoid breaking user-space code
that expects `struct sockaddr`, the `__kernel_sockaddr_legacy` macro is
introduced. This macro allows us to use either `struct sockaddr` or
`struct sockaddr_legacy` depending on the context in which the code is
used: kernel-space or user-space.
Changes in v2
- Drop nfsd patch.
- Move `struct sockaddr_legacy` to include/uapi/linux/socket.h
- Introduce `__kernel_sockaddr_legacy` macro (Kees)
v1:
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/cover.1729037131.git.gustavoars@kernel.org/
Gustavo A. R. Silva (4):
uapi: socket: Introduce struct sockaddr_legacy
uapi: wireless: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
uapi: net: arp: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
uapi: net: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
include/net/compat.h | 30 +++++++++----------
include/uapi/linux/if_arp.h | 18 +++++------
include/uapi/linux/route.h | 28 +++++++++---------
include/uapi/linux/socket.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/wireless.h | 56 +++++++++++++++++------------------
net/appletalk/ddp.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/arp.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 2 +-
9 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
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