[PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: Fix build warnings from vmlinux.h due to MS extensions

[PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: Fix build warnings from vmlinux.h due to MS extensions

[Quentin Monnet]

The kernel is now built with -fms-extensions. Anonymous structs or
unions permitted by these extensions have been used in several places,
and can end up in the generated vmlinux.h file, for example:

    struct ns_tree {
        [...]
    };

    [...]

    struct ns_common {
            [...]
            union {
                    struct ns_tree;
                    struct callback_head ns_rcu;
            };
    };

Trying to include this header for compiling a tool may result in build
warnings, if the compiler does not expect these extensions. This is the
case, for example, with bpftool:

    In file included from skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c:3:
    .../tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/vmlinux.h:64057:3:
    warning: declaration does not declare anything
    [-Wmissing-declarations]
     64057 |                 struct ns_tree;
           |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fix these build warnings in bpftool by turning on Microsoft extensions
when compiling the two BPF programs that rely on vmlinux.h.

Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAADnVQK9ZkPC7+R5VXKHVdtj8tumpMXm7BTp0u9CoiFLz_aPTg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>
---
 tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 586d1b2595d1..5442073a2e42 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ endif
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.bpf.o: skeleton/%.bpf.c $(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h $(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP)
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) \
+		-Wno-microsoft-anon-tag \
+		-fms-extensions \
 		-I$(or $(OUTPUT),.) \
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/ \
 		-I$(LIBBPF_BOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE) \
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: Fix build warnings from vmlinux.h due to MS extensions

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>:

On Mon,  8 Dec 2025 13:07:48 +0000 you wrote:
> The kernel is now built with -fms-extensions. Anonymous structs or
> unions permitted by these extensions have been used in several places,
> and can end up in the generated vmlinux.h file, for example:
> 
>     struct ns_tree {
>         [...]
>     };
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] bpftool: Fix build warnings from vmlinux.h due to MS extensions
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/639f58a0f480

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