netdev - [PATCH iwl-net v3] idpf: avoid compiler padding in virtchnl2

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Date: Mon,  8 Jan 2024 17:32:29 -0800
From: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com,
	pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de,
	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com,
	horms@...nel.org,
	Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>,
	kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH iwl-net v3] idpf: avoid compiler padding in virtchnl2_ptype struct

In the arm random config file, kconfig option 'CONFIG_AEABI' is
disabled which results in adding the compiler flag '-mabi=apcs-gnu'.
This causes the compiler to add padding in virtchnl2_ptype
structure to align it to 8 bytes, resulting in the following
size check failure:

include/linux/build_bug.h:78:41: error: static assertion failed: "(6) == sizeof(struct virtchnl2_ptype)"
      78 | #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)
         |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:77:34: note: in expansion of macro '__static_assert'
      77 | #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)
         |                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h:26:9: note: in expansion of macro 'static_assert'
      26 |         static_assert((n) == sizeof(struct X))
         |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h:982:1: note: in expansion of macro 'VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN'
     982 | VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(6, virtchnl2_ptype);
         | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Avoid the compiler padding by using "__packed" structure
attribute for the virtchnl2_ptype struct. Also align the
structure by using "__aligned(2)" for better code optimization.

Fixes: 0d7502a9b4a7 ("virtchnl: add virtchnl version 2 ops")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202312220250.ufEm8doQ-lkp@intel.com
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Linga <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>

---
v3:
 - add "__aligned(2)" structure attribute for better code optimization

v2:
 - add the kconfig option causing the compile failure to the commit message
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
index 8dc83788972..4a3c4454d25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ struct virtchnl2_ptype {
 	u8 proto_id_count;
 	__le16 pad;
 	__le16 proto_id[];
-};
+} __packed __aligned(2);
 VIRTCHNL2_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(6, virtchnl2_ptype);
 
 /**
-- 
2.43.0