linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: modify bit

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Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2023 16:22:43 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     'Guru Mehar Rachaputi' <gurumeharrachaputi@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev" <linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: modify bit_rate from u16 to u32

On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 12:34:50PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> In reality having a uapi structure with embedded padding should
> be banned.
> But that would need a compiler attribute to enforce it.

It would be simple enough to grep the names of all the UAPI struct and
use pahole to make a list of the existing structs which have holes.
Then re-run the script every week and complain when new holey struct
types are added.

You could do a similar thing with Smatch looking at copy_to/from_user()
struct types.

regards,
dan carpenter