Re: [Bisected] [1b4fa28a8b07] Build failure "net/core/gso_test.c"

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Oct 12 2023 - 12:29:22 EST


On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 11:57:46AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Tasmiya Nalatwad <tasmiya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > [net-next] [6.6-rc4] Build failure "net/core/gso_test.c"
> >
> > --- Traces ---
> >
> > make -j 33 -s && make modules_install && make install
> > net/core/gso_test.c:58:48: error: initializer element is not constant
> >    58 |                 .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size },
> >       |                                                ^
>
> Ouch, I can reproduce this with: gcc --version
> gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
> Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> gcc 13.2.1 and clang-16.0.6 are ok.
>
> Whats the preference here? We could use simple preprocessor constant
> or we could require much more recent compiler version for the net
> kunit tests via kconfig.
>
> gcc-12.2.0 can compile it after this simple s//g "fix":
>
> diff --git a/net/core/gso_test.c b/net/core/gso_test.c
> --- a/net/core/gso_test.c
> +++ b/net/core/gso_test.c
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> #include <linux/skbuff.h>
>
> static const char hdr[] = "abcdefgh";
> -static const int gso_size = 1000;
> +#define GSO_TEST_SIZE 1000

This fixes the build for me too.

Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

>
> static void __init_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static void __init_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
>
> /* proto is arbitrary, as long as not ETH_P_TEB or vlan */
> skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_ATALK);
> - skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = gso_size;
> + skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = GSO_TEST_SIZE;
> }
>
> enum gso_test_nr {
> @@ -53,70 +53,70 @@ static struct gso_test_case cases[] = {
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_NO_GSO,
> .name = "no_gso",
> - .linear_len = gso_size,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE,
> .nr_segs = 1,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE },
> },
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_LINEAR,
> .name = "linear",
> - .linear_len = gso_size + gso_size + 1,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE + GSO_TEST_SIZE + 1,
> .nr_segs = 3,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, 1 },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 1 },
> },
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_FRAGS,
> .name = "frags",
> - .linear_len = gso_size,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE,
> .nr_frags = 2,
> - .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, 1 },
> + .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, 1 },
> .nr_segs = 3,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, 1 },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 1 },
> },
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_FRAGS_PURE,
> .name = "frags_pure",
> .nr_frags = 3,
> - .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, 2 },
> + .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 2 },
> .nr_segs = 3,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, 2 },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 2 },
> },
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_GSO_PARTIAL,
> .name = "gso_partial",
> - .linear_len = gso_size,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE,
> .nr_frags = 2,
> - .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, 3 },
> + .frags = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, 3 },
> .nr_segs = 2,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { 2 * gso_size, 3 },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { 2 * GSO_TEST_SIZE, 3 },
> },
> {
> /* commit 89319d3801d1: frag_list on mss boundaries */
> .id = GSO_TEST_FRAG_LIST,
> .name = "frag_list",
> - .linear_len = gso_size,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE,
> .nr_frag_skbs = 2,
> - .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size },
> + .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE },
> .nr_segs = 3,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, gso_size },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE },
> },
> {
> .id = GSO_TEST_FRAG_LIST_PURE,
> .name = "frag_list_pure",
> .nr_frag_skbs = 2,
> - .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size },
> + .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE },
> .nr_segs = 2,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE },
> },
> {
> /* commit 43170c4e0ba7: GRO of frag_list trains */
> .id = GSO_TEST_FRAG_LIST_NON_UNIFORM,
> .name = "frag_list_non_uniform",
> - .linear_len = gso_size,
> + .linear_len = GSO_TEST_SIZE,
> .nr_frag_skbs = 4,
> - .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, 1, gso_size, 2 },
> + .frag_skbs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, 1, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 2 },
> .nr_segs = 4,
> - .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { gso_size, gso_size, gso_size, 3 },
> + .segs = (const unsigned int[]) { GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, GSO_TEST_SIZE, 3 },
> },
> {
> /* commit 3953c46c3ac7 ("sk_buff: allow segmenting based on frag sizes") and

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Kees Cook