Re: [PATCH net v2 1/4] net/core: relax BUILD_BUG_ON in netdev_stats_to_stats64

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Sat Jan 30 2016 - 13:34:39 EST


On Sat, 2016-01-30 at 13:19 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> The netdev_stats_to_stats64 function copies the deprecated
> net_device_stats format stats into rtnl_link_stats64 for legacy support
> purposes, but with the BUILD_BUG_ON as it was, it wasn't possible to
> extend rtnl_link_stats64 without also extending net_device_stats. Relax
> the BUILD_BUG_ON to only require that rtnl_link_stats64 is larger, and
> zero out all the stat counters that aren't present in net_device_stats.
>
> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Re-re-sending, hopefully getting the patch to the right list this time.
>
> net/core/dev.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 8cba3d8..575a7df 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -7253,25 +7253,30 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
> }
> }
>
> -/* Convert net_device_stats to rtnl_link_stats64. They have the same
> - * fields in the same order, with only the type differing.
> +/* Convert net_device_stats to rtnl_link_stats64. rtnl_link_stats64 has
> + * all the same fields in the same order as net_device_stats, with only
> + * the type differing, but rtnl_link_stats64 may have additional fields
> + * at the end for newer counters.
> */
> void netdev_stats_to_stats64(struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats64,
> const struct net_device_stats *netdev_stats)
> {
> #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
> - BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*stats64) != sizeof(*netdev_stats));
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*stats64) < sizeof(*netdev_stats));
> memcpy(stats64, netdev_stats, sizeof(*stats64));
> #else
> size_t i, n = sizeof(*stats64) / sizeof(u64);
> const unsigned long *src = (const unsigned long *)netdev_stats;
> u64 *dst = (u64 *)stats64;
>
> - BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*netdev_stats) / sizeof(unsigned long) !=
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*netdev_stats) / sizeof(unsigned long) >
> sizeof(*stats64) / sizeof(u64));
> for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
> dst[i] = src[i];
> #endif
> + /* zero out counters that only exist in rtnl_link_stats64 */
> + memset((char *)stats64 + sizeof(*netdev_stats), 0,
> + sizeof(*stats64) - sizeof(*netdev_stats));

Are you sure it works on 32bit arches ?