Re: [PATCH v7 07/20] gpiolib: cdev: support GPIO_V2_GET_LINE_IOCTL and GPIO_V2_LINE_GET_VALUES_IOCTL

[Kent Gibson]

On Sat, Sep 05, 2020 at 09:35:36PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> Add support for requesting lines using the GPIO_V2_GET_LINE_IOCTL, and
> returning their current values using GPIO_V2_LINE_GET_VALUES_IOCTL.
> 
> The struct linereq implementation is based on the v1 struct linehandle
> implementation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 

[snip]

>  		if (copy_from_user(&offset, ip, sizeof(offset)))
>  			return -EFAULT;
> @@ -1104,6 +1505,25 @@ int gpiolib_cdev_register(struct gpio_device *gdev, dev_t devt)
>  		 MAJOR(devt), gdev->id);
>  
>  	return 0;
> +	/*
> +	 * array sizes must ensure 64-bit alignment and not create holes in
> +	 * the struct packing.
> +	 */
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(GPIO_V2_LINES_MAX, 2));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(GPIO_MAX_NAME_SIZE, 8));
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * check that uAPI structs are 64-bit aligned for 32/64-bit
> +	 * compatibility
> +	 */
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_attribute), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_config_attribute), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_config), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_request), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_info), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_info_changed), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_event), 8));
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ALIGNED(sizeof(struct gpio_v2_line_values), 8));
>  }
>  

A couple of things here - these should all be !IS_ALIGNED.
And the BUILD_BUG_ON gets compiled out, and so doesn't fail, if they are
after the return.

How would you like that fixed - v8 or a patch once v7 is in?

Cheers,
Kent.