[revert 0d60d8df6f49] [net/net-next] [6.8-rc5] Build Failure

Eric Dumazet edumazet at google.com
Thu Feb 29 19:55:22 AEDT 2024


On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:04 AM Tasmiya Nalatwad
<tasmiya at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have tried the patch provided below. Moving struct to file
> "net/core/rtnetlink.c" is not resolving the problem. Please find the
> below traces.
>
> --- Traces ---
>
> In file included from ./include/linux/rbtree.h:24,
>                   from ./include/linux/mm_types.h:11,
>                   from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:22,
>                   from ./include/linux/gfp.h:7,
>                   from ./include/linux/umh.h:4,
>                   from ./include/linux/kmod.h:9,
>                   from ./include/linux/module.h:17,
>                   from net/core/rtnetlink.c:17:
> net/core/rtnetlink.c: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin’:
> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:439:9: error: dereferencing pointer to
> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
>    typeof(*p) *local = (typeof(*p) *__force)READ_ONCE(p); \
>           ^
> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:587:2: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘__rcu_dereference_check’
>    __rcu_dereference_check((p), __UNIQUE_ID(rcu), \
>    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/rtnetlink.h:70:2: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘rcu_dereference_check’
>    rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
>    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/core/rtnetlink.c:1059:15: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘rcu_dereference_rtnl’
>          return rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->dpll_pin);
>                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>    CC      crypto/algboss.o
> net/core/rtnetlink.c:1063:1: error: control reaches end of non-void
> function [-Werror=return-type]
>   }
>   ^
>    CC      crypto/authenc.o
>    CC      crypto/authencesn.o
>    CC      crypto/af_alg.o
>    CC      crypto/algif_hash.o
>    CC      crypto/algif_skcipher.o
>    CC      crypto/algif_rng.o
>    CC      crypto/algif_aead.o
>    AR      arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.a
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: net/core/rtnetlink.o] Error 1
> make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>    CC      lib/kobject_uevent.o
>    AR      drivers/net/mdio/built-in.a
>    AR      net/802/built-in.a
>    AR      drivers/connector/built-in.a
>    CC      lib/vsprintf.o
>    AR      ipc/built-in.a
>    AR      net/nsh/built-in.a
>    CC      lib/dynamic_debug.o
> In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm/rwonce.h:1,
>                   from ./include/linux/compiler.h:251,
>                   from ./include/linux/instrumented.h:10,
>                   from ./include/linux/uaccess.h:6,
>                   from net/core/dev.c:71:
> net/core/dev.c: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin_assign’:
> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:462:36: error: dereferencing pointer to
> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
>   #define RCU_INITIALIZER(v) (typeof(*(v)) __force __rcu *)(v)
>                                      ^~~~
> ./include/asm-generic/rwonce.h:55:33: note: in definition of macro
> ‘__WRITE_ONCE’
>    *(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x) = (val);    \
>                                   ^~~
> ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h:76:2: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘WRITE_ONCE’
>    WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);      \
>    ^~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/asm-generic/barrier.h:172:55: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘__smp_store_release’
>   #define smp_store_release(p, v) do { kcsan_release();
> __smp_store_release(p, v); } while (0)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:503:3: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘smp_store_release’
>     smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:503:25: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘RCU_INITIALIZER’
>     smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
>                           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/core/dev.c:9081:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘rcu_assign_pointer’
>    rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dpll_pin, dpll_pin);
>    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> On 2/28/24 20:13, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM Vadim Fedorenko
> > <vadim.fedorenko at linux.dev> wrote:
> >> On 28/02/2024 11:09, Tasmiya Nalatwad wrote:
> >>> Greetings,
> >>>
> >>> [revert 0d60d8df6f49] [net/net-next] [6.8-rc5] Build Failure
> >>>
> >>> Reverting below commit fixes the issue
> >>>
> >>> commit 0d60d8df6f493bb46bf5db40d39dd60a1bafdd4e
> >>>       dpll: rely on rcu for netdev_dpll_pin()
> >>>
> >>> --- Traces ---
> >>>
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin’:
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:439:9: error: dereferencing pointer to
> >>> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
> >>>     typeof(*p) *local = (typeof(*p) *__force)READ_ONCE(p); \
> >>>            ^
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:587:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘__rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     __rcu_dereference_check((p), __UNIQUE_ID(rcu), \
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/rtnetlink.h:70:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h:175:9: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_rtnl’
> >>>     return rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->dpll_pin);
> >>>            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: drivers/dpll/dpll_core.o] Error 1
> >>> make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> >>>     AR      net/mpls/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/l3mdev/built-in.a
> >>> In file included from ./include/linux/rbtree.h:24,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/mm_types.h:11,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:22,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/gfp.h:7,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/umh.h:4,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/kmod.h:9,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/module.h:17,
> >>>                    from drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c:9:
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin’:
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:439:9: error: dereferencing pointer to
> >>> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
> >>>     typeof(*p) *local = (typeof(*p) *__force)READ_ONCE(p); \
> >>>            ^
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:587:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘__rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     __rcu_dereference_check((p), __UNIQUE_ID(rcu), \
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/rtnetlink.h:70:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h:175:9: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_rtnl’
> >>>     return rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->dpll_pin);
> >>>            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.o]
> >>> Error 1
> >>> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:481: drivers/dpll] Error 2
> >>> make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> >>> In file included from ./arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm/rwonce.h:1,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/compiler.h:251,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/instrumented.h:10,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/uaccess.h:6,
> >>>                    from net/core/dev.c:71:
> >>> net/core/dev.c: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin_assign’:
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:462:36: error: dereferencing pointer to
> >>> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
> >>>    #define RCU_INITIALIZER(v) (typeof(*(v)) __force __rcu *)(v)
> >>>                                       ^~~~
> >>> ./include/asm-generic/rwonce.h:55:33: note: in definition of macro
> >>> ‘__WRITE_ONCE’
> >>>     *(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x) = (val);    \
> >>>                                    ^~~
> >>> ./arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h:76:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘WRITE_ONCE’
> >>>     WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);      \
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/asm-generic/barrier.h:172:55: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘__smp_store_release’
> >>>    #define smp_store_release(p, v) do { kcsan_release();
> >>> __smp_store_release(p, v); } while (0)
> >>> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:503:3: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘smp_store_release’
> >>>      smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
> >>>      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:503:25: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘RCU_INITIALIZER’
> >>>      smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
> >>>                            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> net/core/dev.c:9081:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘rcu_assign_pointer’
> >>>     rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dpll_pin, dpll_pin);
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: net/core/dev.o] Error 1
> >>> make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> >>>     AR      drivers/net/ethernet/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      drivers/net/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/dcb/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/netlabel/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/strparser/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/handshake/built-in.a
> >>>     GEN     lib/test_fortify.log
> >>>     AR      net/8021q/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/nsh/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/unix/built-in.a
> >>>     CC      lib/string.o
> >>>     AR      net/packet/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/switchdev/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      lib/lib.a
> >>>     AR      net/mptcp/built-in.a
> >>>     AR      net/devlink/built-in.a
> >>> In file included from ./include/linux/rbtree.h:24,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/mm_types.h:11,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:22,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/gfp.h:7,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/umh.h:4,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/kmod.h:9,
> >>>                    from ./include/linux/module.h:17,
> >>>                    from net/core/rtnetlink.c:17:
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h: In function ‘netdev_dpll_pin’:
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:439:9: error: dereferencing pointer to
> >>> incomplete type ‘struct dpll_pin’
> >>>     typeof(*p) *local = (typeof(*p) *__force)READ_ONCE(p); \
> >>>            ^
> >>> ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:587:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘__rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     __rcu_dereference_check((p), __UNIQUE_ID(rcu), \
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/rtnetlink.h:70:2: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_check’
> >>>     rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
> >>>     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h:175:9: note: in expansion of macro
> >>> ‘rcu_dereference_rtnl’
> >>>     return rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->dpll_pin);
> >>>            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> In file included from net/core/rtnetlink.c:60:
> >>> ./include/linux/dpll.h:179:1: error: control reaches end of non-void
> >>> function [-Werror=return-type]
> >>>    }
> >>>
> >> Hi, Eric!
> >>
> >> Looks like we have to move struct dpll_pin definition to
> >> include/linux/dpll.h to have this fixed, right?
> >>
> > No idea what is wrong. Is it powerpc specific ? Some compiler version ?
> >
> > netdev_dpll_pin() could be moved to net/core/rtnetlink.c, this is the only user.

OK, it seems netdev_dpll_pin() has to be moved in a place the
structure is known,
because rcu_dereference() needs to know its size.

I do not see other solution than this, otherwise we have to add more
pollution to include/linux/netdevice.h

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index a9c973b92294bb110cf3cd336485972127b01b58..40797ea80bc6273cae6b7773d0a3e47459a72150
100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ struct net_device {
        struct devlink_port     *devlink_port;

 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DPLL)
-       struct dpll_pin __rcu   *dpll_pin;
+       void __rcu *dpll_pin;
 #endif
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL)
        /** @page_pools: page pools created for this netdevice */


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