linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix xfs_dir2_sf_entry

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:26:49 +0000
From:   Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix xfs_dir2_sf_entry_t size check

Hi Darrick,

On 1/13/20 5:01 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 03:06:50PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 2:58 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 02:55:15PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>> With ARM OABI (which you get when EABI is disabled), structures are padded
>>>> to multiples of 32 bits. See commits 8353a649f577 ("xfs: kill
>>>> xfs_dir2_sf_off_t")
>>>> and aa2dd0ad4d6d ("xfs: remove __arch_pack"). Those could be partially
>>>> reverted to fix it again, but it doesn't seem worth it as there is
>>>> probably nobody
>>>> running XFS on OABI machines (actually with the build failure we can
>>>> be fairly sure there isn't ;-).
>>>
>>> Or just try adding a __packed to the xfs_dir2_sf_entry definition?
>>
>> Yes, that should be correct on all architectures, and I just noticed
>> that this is what we already have on xfs_dir2_sf_hdr_t directly
>> above it for the same reason.
> 
> Yeah, that sounds like a reasonable way forward, short of cleaning out
> all the array[0] cr^Hode... ;)
> 
> To the original submitter: can you add __packed to the structure
> definition and (assuming it passes oabi compilation) send that to the
> list, please?
> 

I will test it tomorrow morning as first thing and will send a patch out.
Thank you all for your help!

> --D
> 
>>
>>        Arnd

-- 
Regards,
Vincenzo