netdev - [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: handle invalid typedef emitted by old GCC

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 20:29:01 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
To:     <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...com>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>, <john.fastabend@...il.com>
CC:     <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: handle invalid typedef emitted by old GCC

Old GCC versions are producing invalid typedef for __gnuc_va_list
pointing to void. Special-case this and emit valid:

typedef __builtin_va_list __gnuc_va_list;

Reported-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 87f27e2664c5..139812b46c7b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -975,6 +975,17 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_typedef_def(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
 {
 	const char *name = btf_dump_ident_name(d, id);
 
+	/*
+	 * Old GCC versions are emitting invalid typedef for __gnuc_va_list
+	 * pointing to VOID. This generates warnings from btf_dump() and
+	 * results in uncompilable header file, so we are fixing it up here
+	 * with valid typedef into __builtin_va_list.
+	 */
+	if (t->type == 0 && strcmp(name, "__gnuc_va_list") == 0) {
+		btf_dump_printf(d, "typedef __builtin_va_list __gnuc_va_list");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	btf_dump_printf(d, "typedef ");
 	btf_dump_emit_type_decl(d, t->type, name, lvl);
 }
-- 
2.17.1