Re: [PATCH] audit: Fix build failure by renaming struct node to struct audit_node

From: Richard Guy Briggs
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 14:59:20 EST


On 2021-09-03 15:48, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> struct node defined in kernel/audit_tree.c conflicts with
> struct node defined in include/linux/node.h

Why? What changed to start triggering this error? This code has been
here for 15 years. I am guessing changing the other one would affect
more code?

The patch itself looks fine to me.

Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>

> CC kernel/audit_tree.o
> kernel/audit_tree.c:33:9: error: redefinition of 'struct node'
> 33 | struct node {
> | ^~~~
> In file included from ./include/linux/cpu.h:17,
> from ./include/linux/static_call.h:102,
> from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/machdep.h:10,
> from ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/archrandom.h:7,
> from ./include/linux/random.h:121,
> from ./include/linux/net.h:18,
> from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:26,
> from kernel/audit.h:11,
> from kernel/audit_tree.c:2:
> ./include/linux/node.h:84:8: note: originally defined here
> 84 | struct node {
> | ^~~~
> make[2]: *** [kernel/audit_tree.o] Error 1
>
> Rename it audit_node.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/audit_tree.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> index b2be4e978ba3..d392cf4ec8e2 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct audit_chunk {
> int count;
> atomic_long_t refs;
> struct rcu_head head;
> - struct node {
> + struct audit_node {
> struct list_head list;
> struct audit_tree *owner;
> unsigned index; /* index; upper bit indicates 'will prune' */
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ bool audit_tree_match(struct audit_chunk *chunk, struct audit_tree *tree)
>
> /* tagging and untagging inodes with trees */
>
> -static struct audit_chunk *find_chunk(struct node *p)
> +static struct audit_chunk *find_chunk(struct audit_node *p)
> {
> int index = p->index & ~(1U<<31);
> p -= index;
> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static void replace_chunk(struct audit_chunk *new, struct audit_chunk *old)
> list_replace_rcu(&old->hash, &new->hash);
> }
>
> -static void remove_chunk_node(struct audit_chunk *chunk, struct node *p)
> +static void remove_chunk_node(struct audit_chunk *chunk, struct audit_node *p)
> {
> struct audit_tree *owner = p->owner;
>
> @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
> {
> struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
> struct audit_chunk *chunk, *old;
> - struct node *p;
> + struct audit_node *p;
> int n;
>
> mutex_lock(&audit_tree_group->mark_mutex);
> @@ -570,11 +570,11 @@ static void prune_tree_chunks(struct audit_tree *victim, bool tagged)
> {
> spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> while (!list_empty(&victim->chunks)) {
> - struct node *p;
> + struct audit_node *p;
> struct audit_chunk *chunk;
> struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
>
> - p = list_first_entry(&victim->chunks, struct node, list);
> + p = list_first_entry(&victim->chunks, struct audit_node, list);
> /* have we run out of marked? */
> if (tagged && !(p->index & (1U<<31)))
> break;
> @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static void trim_marked(struct audit_tree *tree)
> }
> /* reorder */
> for (p = tree->chunks.next; p != &tree->chunks; p = q) {
> - struct node *node = list_entry(p, struct node, list);
> + struct audit_node *node = list_entry(p, struct audit_node, list);
> q = p->next;
> if (node->index & (1U<<31)) {
> list_del_init(p);
> @@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
> struct audit_tree *tree;
> struct path path;
> struct vfsmount *root_mnt;
> - struct node *node;
> + struct audit_node *node;
> int err;
>
> tree = container_of(cursor.next, struct audit_tree, list);
> @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ int audit_add_tree_rule(struct audit_krule *rule)
> drop_collected_mounts(mnt);
>
> if (!err) {
> - struct node *node;
> + struct audit_node *node;
> spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(node, &tree->chunks, list)
> node->index &= ~(1U<<31);
> @@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ int audit_tag_tree(char *old, char *new)
> mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
>
> if (!failed) {
> - struct node *node;
> + struct audit_node *node;
> spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> list_for_each_entry(node, &tree->chunks, list)
> node->index &= ~(1U<<31);
> --
> 2.25.0
>
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- RGB

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