linux.git/tools/include/asm-generic/unaligned.h, branch v6.6.131 Clone of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git x86/insn: Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy() 2021-10-06T09:56:37+00:00 Borislav Petkov bp@suse.de 2021-09-29T14:37:53+00:00 f96b4675839b66168f5a07bf964dde6c2f1c4885 Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy() to access potentially unaligned memory, which, when accessed through a pointer, leads to undefined behavior. get_unaligned() describes much better what is happening there anyway even if memcpy() does the job. In addition, since perf tool builds with -Werror, it would fire with: util/intel-pt-decoder/../../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c: In function '__insn_get_emulate_prefix': tools/include/../include/asm-generic/unaligned.h:10:15: error: packed attribute is unnecessary [-Werror=packed] 10 | const struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr); \ because -Werror=packed would complain if the packed attribute would have no effect on the layout of the structure. In this case, that is intentional so disable the warning only for that compilation unit. That part is Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> No functional changes. Fixes: 5ba1071f7554 ("x86/insn, tools/x86: Fix undefined behavior due to potential unaligned accesses") Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YVSsIkj9Z29TyUjE@zn.tnic 
Use get_unaligned() instead of memcpy() to access potentially unaligned
memory, which, when accessed through a pointer, leads to undefined
behavior. get_unaligned() describes much better what is happening there
anyway even if memcpy() does the job.

In addition, since perf tool builds with -Werror, it would fire with:

  util/intel-pt-decoder/../../../arch/x86/lib/insn.c: In function '__insn_get_emulate_prefix':
  tools/include/../include/asm-generic/unaligned.h:10:15: error: packed attribute is unnecessary [-Werror=packed]
     10 |  const struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr); \

because -Werror=packed would complain if the packed attribute would have
no effect on the layout of the structure.

In this case, that is intentional so disable the warning only for that
compilation unit.

That part is Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>

No functional changes.

Fixes: 5ba1071f7554 ("x86/insn, tools/x86: Fix undefined behavior due to potential unaligned accesses")
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YVSsIkj9Z29TyUjE@zn.tnic