Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] string.h: add memcpy_and_pad() | From | Martin Wilck <> | Date | Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:18:02 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2017-09-05 at 09:28 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > +/** > > + * memcpy_and_pad - Copy one buffer to another with padding > > + * @dest: Where to copy to > > + * @dest_len: The destination buffer size > > + * @src: Where to copy from > > + * @count: The number of bytes to copy > > + * @pad: Character to use for padding if space is left in > > destination. > > + */ > > +__FORTIFY_INLINE void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len, > > + const void *src, size_t count, > > int pad) > > +{ > > This is causing compile-time warnings for me: > > In file included from /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:2:0, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/string.h:18, > from /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32.h:34, > from /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h:13, > from /git/arm- > soc/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:11, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/thread_info.h:37, > from /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/preempt.h:80, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/spinlock.h:50, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/seqlock.h:35, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/time.h:5, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/stat.h:18, > from /git/arm-soc/include/linux/module.h:10, > from /git/arm-soc/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c:9: > /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:196:25: error: > '__memcpy' is static but used in inline function 'memcpy_and_pad' > which is not static [-Werror] > #define memcpy(t, f, n) __memcpy((t), (f), (n)) > ^~~~~~~~ > /git/arm-soc/include/linux/string.h:466:3: note: in expansion of > macro 'memcpy' > > ^ > /git/arm-soc/arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:196:25: error: > '__memcpy' is static but used in inline function 'memcpy_and_pad' > which is not static [-Werror] > #define memcpy(t, f, n) __memcpy((t), (f), (n)) > ^~~~~~~~ > > The problem is the use of __FORTIFY_INLINE outside of the #ifdef > section above it. > I used an ugly local workaround, duplicating the function with a > 'static inline' variant > in an #else block. Alternatively we could add an extern version in > lib/string.c for the > non-fortified case.
I'm sorry. It seems that I messed the code up by trying to do it right. I suggest to simply drop the fortification code from this function, which is not a "common str/mem function" anyway. Please tell me if that'd be ok for you.
I'll send a patch in a follow-up email.
Martin
-- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
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