netdev - Re: [PATCH wpan-next] mac802154: Avoid superfluous endianness handling

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Message-ID: <CAK-6q+jKTr2yTmYkcabT+y_r+_ZaeHBXJzymLwu2uvyrgS50Dw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2023 19:28:26 -0500
From:   Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>,
        linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Girault <david.girault@...vo.com>,
        Romuald Despres <romuald.despres@...vo.com>,
        Frederic Blain <frederic.blain@...vo.com>,
        Nicolas Schodet <nico@...fr.eu.org>,
        Guilhem Imberton <guilhem.imberton@...vo.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH wpan-next] mac802154: Avoid superfluous endianness handling

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 3:53 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> aahringo@...hat.com wrote on Sun, 5 Feb 2023 20:37:45 -0500:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 6:03 AM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alexander,
> > >
> > > aahringo@...hat.com wrote on Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:41:20 -0500:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 11:34 AM Stefan Schmidt
> > > > <stefan@...enfreihafen.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 30.01.23 16:43, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > > > > > When compiling scan.c with C=1, Sparse complains with:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     sparse:     expected unsigned short [usertype] val
> > > > > >     sparse:     got restricted __le16 [usertype] pan_id
> > > > > >     sparse: sparse: cast from restricted __le16
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     sparse:     expected unsigned long long [usertype] val
> > > > > >     sparse:     got restricted __le64 [usertype] extended_addr
> > > > > >     sparse: sparse: cast from restricted __le64
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The tool is right, both pan_id and extended_addr already are rightfully
> > > > > > defined as being __le16 and __le64 on both sides of the operations and
> > > > > > do not require extra endianness handling.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Fixes: 3accf4762734 ("mac802154: Handle basic beaconing")
> > > > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >   net/mac802154/scan.c | 4 ++--
> > > > > >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/net/mac802154/scan.c b/net/mac802154/scan.c
> > > > > > index cfbe20b1ec5e..8f98efec7753 100644
> > > > > > --- a/net/mac802154/scan.c
> > > > > > +++ b/net/mac802154/scan.c
> > > > > > @@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ int mac802154_send_beacons_locked(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata,
> > > > > >       local->beacon.mhr.fc.source_addr_mode = IEEE802154_EXTENDED_ADDRESSING;
> > > > > >       atomic_set(&request->wpan_dev->bsn, -1);
> > > > > >       local->beacon.mhr.source.mode = IEEE802154_ADDR_LONG;
> > > > > > -     local->beacon.mhr.source.pan_id = cpu_to_le16(request->wpan_dev->pan_id);
> > > > > > -     local->beacon.mhr.source.extended_addr = cpu_to_le64(request->wpan_dev->extended_addr);
> > > > > > +     local->beacon.mhr.source.pan_id = request->wpan_dev->pan_id;
> > > > > > +     local->beacon.mhr.source.extended_addr = request->wpan_dev->extended_addr;
> > > > > >       local->beacon.mac_pl.beacon_order = request->interval;
> > > > > >       local->beacon.mac_pl.superframe_order = request->interval;
> > > > > >       local->beacon.mac_pl.final_cap_slot = 0xf;
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch has been applied to the wpan-next tree and will be
> > > > > part of the next pull request to net-next. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > fyi: in my opinion, depending on system endianness this is actually a bug.
> > >
> > > Actually there are many uses of __le16 and __le64 for PAN IDs, short
> > > and extended addresses. I did follow the existing patterns, I think
> > > they are legitimate. Can you clarify what you think is a bug in the
> > > current state? I always feel a bit flaky when it comes to properly
> > > handling endianness, so all feedback welcome, if you have any hints
> > > of what should be fixed after this patch, I'll do it.
> > >
> >
> > net/ policy is so far I understood to always use endianness how it's
> > stored on wire. There is no bug that addresses are stored as little
> > endian, but there is a bug doing a conversion when it's not necessary.
> > In this example, so far I see, big endian does a byteswap here.
> > And as you figured there will be less byteswaps when it's stored as
> > little endian. Consider this in netlink, that we store things as it is
> > on wire (or in our case on air/wireless).
>
> Ah ok I get it: "keep the endianness as on the medium". All right so

Note: this is valid even for 802.15.4 UAPI. Just want to mention it again.

- Alex