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* [PATCH net-next 0/3] compiler_types: add Endianness-dependent __counted_by_{le,be}
@ 2024-03-26 16:41 Alexander Lobakin
  2024-03-26 16:41 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] " Alexander Lobakin
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Lobakin @ 2024-03-26 16:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
  Cc: Alexander Lobakin, Kees Cook, Gustavo A. R. Silva,
	Nathan Chancellor, Simon Horman, nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming,
	intel-wired-lan, linux-hardening, netdev, linux-kernel

Some structures contain flexible arrays at the end and the counter for
them, but the counter has explicit Endianness and thus __counted_by()
can't be used directly.

To increase test coverage for potential problems without breaking
anything, introduce __counted_by_{le,be} defined depending on platform's
Endianness to either __counted_by() when applicable or noop otherwise.
The first user will be virtchnl2.h from idpf just as example with 9 flex
structures having Little Endian counters.

Maybe it would be a good idea to introduce such attributes on compiler
level if possible, but for now let's stop on what we have.

Alexander Lobakin (3):
  compiler_types: add Endianness-dependent __counted_by_{le,be}
  idpf: make virtchnl2.h self-contained
  idpf: sprinkle __counted_by{,_le}() in the virtchnl2 header

 Documentation/conf.py                       |  2 ++
 scripts/kernel-doc                          |  1 +
 include/linux/compiler_types.h              | 11 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h | 24 ++++++++++-----------
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

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From RFC[0]:

* teach kdoc new attributes (Simon, Kees);
* add Acked-by (Kees);
* fix a couple typos;
* send to net-next (Kees).

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240318130354.2713265-1-aleksander.lobakin@intel.com
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2024-03-26 17:02   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
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2024-03-27 14:17     ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Alexander Lobakin
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