From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>,
Yuzhuo Jing <yuzhuo@google.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>,
"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] vdso: Switch get/put unaligned from packed struct to memcpy
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:53:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250617205320.1580946-2-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250617205320.1580946-1-irogers@google.com>
Type punning is necessary for get/put unaligned but the use of a
packed struct violates strict aliasing rules, requiring
-fno-strict-aliasing to be passed to the C compiler. Switch to using
memcpy so that -fno-strict-aliasing isn't necessary.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
include/vdso/unaligned.h | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/vdso/unaligned.h b/include/vdso/unaligned.h
index ff0c06b6513e..f33c1eefbf68 100644
--- a/include/vdso/unaligned.h
+++ b/include/vdso/unaligned.h
@@ -2,14 +2,50 @@
#ifndef __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H
#define __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H
-#define __get_unaligned_t(type, ptr) ({ \
- const struct { type x; } __packed * __get_pptr = (typeof(__get_pptr))(ptr); \
- __get_pptr->x; \
+#define ____get_unaligned_type(type) type: (type)0
+/**
+ * __get_unaligned_t - read an unaligned value from memory.
+ * @ptr: the pointer to load from.
+ * @type: the type to load from the pointer.
+ *
+ * Use memcpy to affect an unaligned type sized load avoiding undefined behavior
+ * from approaches like type punning that require -fno-strict-aliasing in order
+ * to be correct. As type may be const, use _Generic to map to a non-const type
+ * - you can't memcpy into a const type. The void* cast silences ubsan warnings.
+ */
+#define __get_unaligned_t(type, ptr) ({ \
+ type __get_unaligned_map_ctrl = 0; \
+ typeof(_Generic(__get_unaligned_map_ctrl, \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(short int), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(unsigned short int), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(int), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(unsigned int), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(long), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(unsigned long), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(long long), \
+ ____get_unaligned_type(unsigned long long), \
+ default: (type)0 \
+ )) __get_unaligned_val; \
+ (void)__get_unaligned_map_ctrl; \
+ __builtin_memcpy(&__get_unaligned_val, (void *)(ptr), \
+ sizeof(__get_unaligned_val)); \
+ __get_unaligned_val; \
})
-#define __put_unaligned_t(type, val, ptr) do { \
- struct { type x; } __packed * __put_pptr = (typeof(__put_pptr))(ptr); \
- __put_pptr->x = (val); \
+/**
+ * __put_unaligned_t - write an unaligned value to memory.
+ * @type: the type of the value to store.
+ * @val: the value to store.
+ * @ptr: the pointer to store to.
+ *
+ * Use memcpy to affect an unaligned type sized store avoiding undefined
+ * behavior from approaches like type punning that require -fno-strict-aliasing
+ * in order to be correct. The void* cast silences ubsan warnings.
+ */
+#define __put_unaligned_t(type, val, ptr) do { \
+ type __put_unaligned_val = (val); \
+ __builtin_memcpy((void *)(ptr), &__put_unaligned_val, \
+ sizeof(__put_unaligned_val)); \
} while (0)
#endif /* __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H */
--
2.50.0.rc2.701.gf1e915cc24-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-17 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-17 20:53 [PATCH v2 0/3] Switch get/put unaligned to use memcpy Ian Rogers
2025-06-17 20:53 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2025-06-18 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] vdso: Switch get/put unaligned from packed struct to memcpy Christophe Leroy
2025-06-18 13:14 ` kernel test robot
2025-06-20 13:34 ` David Laight
2025-06-17 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] tools headers: Update the linux/unaligned.h copy with the kernel sources Ian Rogers
2025-06-17 20:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] tools headers: Remove unneeded ignoring of warnings in unaligned.h Ian Rogers
2025-06-18 11:42 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Switch get/put unaligned to use memcpy Christophe Leroy
2025-06-25 18:06 ` Ian Rogers
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