From: Kees Cook <k...@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:59:55 -0800

> This switches to using a manually constructed form of struct tagging
> to avoid issues with C++ being unable to parse tagged structs within
> anonymous unions, even under 'extern "C"':
> 
>   ../linux/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h:25124: error: ‘struct 
> tc_u32_sel::<unnamed union>::tc_u32_sel_hdr,’ invalid; an anonymous union may 
> only have public non-static data members [-fpermissive]

I worked around that like this in the past: [0]
As I'm not sure it would be fine to fix every such occurrence manually
by open-coding.
What do you think?

> 
> To avoid having multiple struct member lists, use a define to declare
> them.
> 
> Reported-by: cfer...@google.com
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/z1hzpe3we5as8...@google.com/
> Fixes: 216203bdc228 ("UAPI: net/sched: Use __struct_group() in flex struct 
> tc_u32_sel")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202412120927.943DFEDD@keescook
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <k...@kernel.org>
> ---
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <j...@mojatatu.com>
> Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us>
> Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> index 2c32080416b5..02aee6ed6bf0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
> @@ -245,20 +245,28 @@ struct tc_u32_key {
>       int             offmask;
>  };
>  
> +#define tc_u32_sel_hdr_members                       \
> +     unsigned char           flags;          \
> +     unsigned char           offshift;       \
> +     unsigned char           nkeys;          \
> +     __be16                  offmask;        \
> +     __u16                   off;            \
> +     short                   offoff;         \
> +     short                   hoff;           \
> +     __be32                  hmask
> +
> +struct tc_u32_sel_hdr {
> +     tc_u32_sel_hdr_members;
> +};
> +
>  struct tc_u32_sel {
> -     /* New members MUST be added within the __struct_group() macro below. */
> -     __struct_group(tc_u32_sel_hdr, hdr, /* no attrs */,
> -             unsigned char           flags;
> -             unsigned char           offshift;
> -             unsigned char           nkeys;
> -
> -             __be16                  offmask;
> -             __u16                   off;
> -             short                   offoff;
> -
> -             short                   hoff;
> -             __be32                  hmask;
> -     );
> +     /* Open-coded struct_group() to avoid C++ errors. */
> +     union {
> +             struct tc_u32_sel_hdr hdr;
> +             struct {
> +                     tc_u32_sel_hdr_members;
> +             };
> +     };
>       struct tc_u32_key       keys[];
>  };

[0]
https://github.com/alobakin/linux/commit/2a065c7bae821f5fa85fff6f97fbbd460f4aa0f3

Thanks,
Olek

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