2019-07-21 22:45:28

by Alexey Dobriyan

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Subject: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]>
---

There may be more unaligned stuff in arch/.

block/partitions/ldm.h | 2 +-
block/partitions/msdos.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c | 2 +-
include/linux/unaligned/generic.h | 12 ++----------
net/core/netpoll.c | 4 ++--
security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/block/partitions/ldm.h
+++ b/block/partitions/ldm.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct parsed_partitions;
#define TOC_BITMAP2 "log" /* bitmaps in the TOCBLOCK. */

/* Borrowed from msdos.c */
-#define SYS_IND(p) (get_unaligned(&(p)->sys_ind))
+#define SYS_IND(p) ((p)->sys_ind)

struct frag { /* VBLK Fragment handling */
struct list_head list;
--- a/block/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/block/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
*/
#include <asm/unaligned.h>

-#define SYS_IND(p) get_unaligned(&p->sys_ind)
+#define SYS_IND(p) ((p)->sys_ind)

static inline sector_t nr_sects(struct partition *p)
{
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static int mwifiex_pcie_alloc_sleep_cookie_buf(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)

mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
"alloc_scook: sleep cookie=0x%x\n",
- get_unaligned(card->sleep_cookie_vbase));
+ *card->sleep_cookie_vbase);

return 0;
}
--- a/include/linux/unaligned/generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/unaligned/generic.h
@@ -9,27 +9,22 @@
extern void __bad_unaligned_access_size(void);

#define __get_unaligned_le(ptr) ((__force typeof(*(ptr)))({ \
- __builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 1, *(ptr), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 2, get_unaligned_le16((ptr)), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 4, get_unaligned_le32((ptr)), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 8, get_unaligned_le64((ptr)), \
- __bad_unaligned_access_size())))); \
+ __bad_unaligned_access_size()))); \
}))

#define __get_unaligned_be(ptr) ((__force typeof(*(ptr)))({ \
- __builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 1, *(ptr), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 2, get_unaligned_be16((ptr)), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 4, get_unaligned_be32((ptr)), \
__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(*(ptr)) == 8, get_unaligned_be64((ptr)), \
- __bad_unaligned_access_size())))); \
+ __bad_unaligned_access_size()))); \
}))

#define __put_unaligned_le(val, ptr) ({ \
void *__gu_p = (ptr); \
switch (sizeof(*(ptr))) { \
- case 1: \
- *(u8 *)__gu_p = (__force u8)(val); \
- break; \
case 2: \
put_unaligned_le16((__force u16)(val), __gu_p); \
break; \
@@ -48,9 +43,6 @@ extern void __bad_unaligned_access_size(void);
#define __put_unaligned_be(val, ptr) ({ \
void *__gu_p = (ptr); \
switch (sizeof(*(ptr))) { \
- case 1: \
- *(u8 *)__gu_p = (__force u8)(val); \
- break; \
case 2: \
put_unaligned_be16((__force u16)(val), __gu_p); \
break; \
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);

/* ip6h->version = 6; ip6h->priority = 0; */
- put_unaligned(0x60, (unsigned char *)ip6h);
+ *(unsigned char *)ip6h = 0x60;
ip6h->flow_lbl[0] = 0;
ip6h->flow_lbl[1] = 0;
ip6h->flow_lbl[2] = 0;
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
iph = ip_hdr(skb);

/* iph->version = 4; iph->ihl = 5; */
- put_unaligned(0x45, (unsigned char *)iph);
+ *(unsigned char *)iph = 0x45;
iph->tos = 0;
put_unaligned(htons(ip_len), &(iph->tot_len));
iph->id = htons(atomic_inc_return(&ip_ident));
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static bool unpack_u8(struct aa_ext *e, u8 *data, const char *name)
if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u8)))
goto fail;
if (data)
- *data = get_unaligned((u8 *)e->pos);
+ *data = *(u8 *)e->pos;
e->pos += sizeof(u8);
return 1;
}


2019-07-21 23:21:38

by James Bottomley

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 00:52 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!

The design idea of this is for parsing descriptors. We simply chunk up
the describing structure using get_unaligned for everything. The
reason is because a lot of these structures come with reserved areas
which we may make use of later. If we're using get_unaligned for
everything we can simply change a u8 to a u16 in the structure
absorbing the reserved padding. With your change now I'd have to chase
down every byte access and replace it with get_unaligned instead of
simply changing the structure.

What's the significant advantage of this change that compensates for
the problems the above causes?

James

2019-07-22 05:51:11

by James Bottomley

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 08:22 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 08:08:33AM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 00:52 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!
> >
> > The design idea of this is for parsing descriptors. We simply
> > chunk up the describing structure using get_unaligned for
> > everything. The reason is because a lot of these structures come
> > with reserved areas which we may make use of later. If we're using
> > get_unaligned for everything we can simply change a u8 to a u16 in
> > the structure absorbing the reserved padding. With your change now
> > I'd have to chase down every byte access and replace it with
> > get_unaligned instead of simply changing the structure.
> >
> > What's the significant advantage of this change that compensates
> > for the problems the above causes?
>
> HW descriptors have fixed endianness, you're supposed to use
> get_unaligned_be32() and friends.

Not if this is an internal descriptor format, which is what this is
mostly used for.

> For that matter, drivers/scsi/ has exactly 2 get_unaligned() calls
> one of which can be changed to get_unaligned_be32().

You haven't answered the "what is the benefit of this change" question.
I mean sure we can do it, but it won't make anything more efficient
and it does help with the descriptor format to treat every structure
field the same.

James

2019-07-22 05:57:28

by Alexey Dobriyan

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 08:08:33AM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 00:52 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!
>
> The design idea of this is for parsing descriptors. We simply chunk up
> the describing structure using get_unaligned for everything. The
> reason is because a lot of these structures come with reserved areas
> which we may make use of later. If we're using get_unaligned for
> everything we can simply change a u8 to a u16 in the structure
> absorbing the reserved padding. With your change now I'd have to chase
> down every byte access and replace it with get_unaligned instead of
> simply changing the structure.
>
> What's the significant advantage of this change that compensates for
> the problems the above causes?

HW descriptors have fixed endianness, you're supposed to use
get_unaligned_be32() and friends.

For that matter, drivers/scsi/ has exactly 2 get_unaligned() calls one of
which can be changed to get_unaligned_be32().

2019-07-22 06:32:10

by James Bottomley

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 09:07 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 02:48:46PM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 08:22 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 08:08:33AM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 00:52 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > > > Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!
> > > >
> > > > The design idea of this is for parsing descriptors. We simply
> > > > chunk up the describing structure using get_unaligned for
> > > > everything. The reason is because a lot of these structures
> > > > come
> > > > with reserved areas which we may make use of later. If we're
> > > > using
> > > > get_unaligned for everything we can simply change a u8 to a u16
> > > > in
> > > > the structure absorbing the reserved padding. With your change
> > > > now
> > > > I'd have to chase down every byte access and replace it with
> > > > get_unaligned instead of simply changing the structure.
> > > >
> > > > What's the significant advantage of this change that
> > > > compensates
> > > > for the problems the above causes?
> > >
> > > HW descriptors have fixed endianness, you're supposed to use
> > > get_unaligned_be32() and friends.
> >
> > Not if this is an internal descriptor format, which is what this is
> > mostly used for.
>
> Maybe, but developer is supposed to look at all struct member usages
> while changing types, right?
>
> > > For that matter, drivers/scsi/ has exactly 2 get_unaligned()
> > > calls
> > > one of which can be changed to get_unaligned_be32().
> >
> > You haven't answered the "what is the benefit of this change"
> > question.
> > I mean sure we can do it, but it won't make anything more
> > efficient
> > and it does help with the descriptor format to treat every
> > structure
> > field the same.
>
> The benefit is less code, come on.
>
> Another benefit is that typoing
>
> get_unaligned((u16*)p)
>
> for
> get_unaligned((u8*)p)
>
> will get detected.

Well, that's not the way it's supposed to be used. It's supposed to be
used as

struct desc {
u8 something;
u8 pad 1;
u16 another;
} __packed;

something = get_unaligned[_le/be](&struct.something);

So that the sizes are encoded in the descriptor structure. If you
think it's badly documented, then please update that, I just don't see
a benefit to a coding change that removes the u8 version of this
because it makes our descriptor structure handling inconsistent.

Even if we allow people are hard coding the typedef, then making u8 not
work just looks inconsistent ... you could easily have typoed u32 for
u16 in the example above and there would be no detection.

James

2019-07-22 06:49:55

by Alexey Dobriyan

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] unaligned: delete 1-byte accessors

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 02:48:46PM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 08:22 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 08:08:33AM +0900, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2019-07-22 at 00:52 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > > > Each and every 1-byte access is aligned!
> > >
> > > The design idea of this is for parsing descriptors. We simply
> > > chunk up the describing structure using get_unaligned for
> > > everything. The reason is because a lot of these structures come
> > > with reserved areas which we may make use of later. If we're using
> > > get_unaligned for everything we can simply change a u8 to a u16 in
> > > the structure absorbing the reserved padding. With your change now
> > > I'd have to chase down every byte access and replace it with
> > > get_unaligned instead of simply changing the structure.
> > >
> > > What's the significant advantage of this change that compensates
> > > for the problems the above causes?
> >
> > HW descriptors have fixed endianness, you're supposed to use
> > get_unaligned_be32() and friends.
>
> Not if this is an internal descriptor format, which is what this is
> mostly used for.

Maybe, but developer is supposed to look at all struct member usages
while changing types, right?

> > For that matter, drivers/scsi/ has exactly 2 get_unaligned() calls
> > one of which can be changed to get_unaligned_be32().
>
> You haven't answered the "what is the benefit of this change" question.
> I mean sure we can do it, but it won't make anything more efficient
> and it does help with the descriptor format to treat every structure
> field the same.

The benefit is less code, come on.

Another benefit is that typoing

get_unaligned((u16*)p)

for
get_unaligned((u8*)p)

will get detected.