linux-kernel - [PATCH] ath10k: improve structure padding

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Message-Id: <20230616090439.2484857-1-arnd@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:04:21 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: improve structure padding

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Including an aligned structure inside of a packed one is ambiguous
and can lead to misaligned data, as pointed out by this clang warning:

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:715:34: error: field prefix within 'struct htt_rx_indication' is less aligned than 'struct htt_rx_indication_prefix' and is usually due to 'struct htt_rx_indication' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
        struct htt_rx_indication_prefix prefix;
                                        ^
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:736:34: error: field prefix within 'struct htt_rx_indication_hl' is less aligned than 'struct htt_rx_indication_prefix' and is usually due to 'struct htt_rx_indication_hl' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
        struct htt_rx_indication_prefix prefix;
                                        ^
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:1564:2: error: field  within 'struct htt_tx_fetch_ind' is less aligned than 'union htt_tx_fetch_ind::(anonymous at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:1564:2)' and is usually due to 'struct htt_tx_fetch_ind' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
        union {
        ^
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:1702:2: error: field  within 'struct htt_resp' is less aligned than 'union htt_resp::(anonymous at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h:1702:2)' and is usually due to 'struct htt_resp' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]

These structures appear to actually need the packing since they
are embedded at misaligned offsets. Add even more such annotations
here to enforce bytewise access throughout the driver.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
index c051a22fce145..e0c9f45e74761 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ struct htt_rx_indication_prefix {
 	__le16 fw_rx_desc_bytes;
 	u8 pad0;
 	u8 pad1;
-};
+} __packed;
 
 struct htt_rx_indication {
 	struct htt_rx_indication_hdr hdr;
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ struct htt_tx_fetch_ind {
 		/* ath10k_htt_get_tx_fetch_ind_resp_ids() */
 		DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__le32, resp_ids);
 		DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct htt_tx_fetch_record, records);
-	};
+	} __packed;
 } __packed;
 
 static inline void *
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ struct htt_resp {
 		struct htt_tx_mode_switch_ind tx_mode_switch_ind;
 		struct htt_channel_change chan_change;
 		struct htt_peer_tx_stats peer_tx_stats;
-	};
+	} __packed;
 } __packed;
 
 /*** host side structures follow ***/
-- 
2.39.2