gendwarfksyms: Add a kABI rule to override byte_size attributes

A data structure can be partially opaque to modules if its
allocation is handled by the core kernel, and modules only need
to access some of its members. In this situation, it's possible
to append new members to the structure without breaking the ABI,
as long as the layout for the original members remains unchanged.
For example, consider the following struct:

  struct s {
          unsigned long a;
          void *p;
  };

gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies produces the following type
expansion:

  variable structure_type s {
    member base_type long unsigned int byte_size(8) encoding(7) a
      data_member_location(0) ,
    member pointer_type {
      base_type void
    } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(8)
  } byte_size(16)

To append new members, we can use the KABI_IGNORE() macro to
hide them from gendwarfksyms --stable:

  struct s {
          /* old members with unchanged layout */
          unsigned long a;
          void *p;

          /* new members not accessed by modules */
          KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned long n);
  };

However, we can't hide the fact that adding new members changes
the struct size, as seen in the updated type string:

  variable structure_type s {
    member base_type long unsigned int byte_size(8) encoding(7) a
      data_member_location(0) ,
    member pointer_type {
      base_type void
    } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(8)
  } byte_size(24)

In order to support this use case, add a kABI rule that makes it
possible to override the byte_size attribute for types:

  /*
   * struct s allocation is handled by the kernel, so
   * appending new members without changing the original
   * layout won't break the ABI.
   */
  KABI_BYTE_SIZE(s, 16);

This results in a type string that's unchanged from the original
and therefore, won't change versions for symbols that reference
the changed structure.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h
index 1736e0f65208..092c8cb7bcd7 100644
--- a/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h
+++ b/scripts/gendwarfksyms/examples/kabi_ex.h
@@ -260,4 +260,26 @@ _Static_assert(sizeof(struct ex3a) == sizeof(struct ex3c), "ex3a size doesn't ma
  * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(16)
  */
 
+/*
+ * Example: An ignored field added to an end of a partially opaque struct,
+ * while keeping the byte_size attribute unchanged.
+ */
+
+struct ex4a {
+	unsigned long a;
+	KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned long b);
+};
+
+/*
+ * This may be safe if the structure allocation is managed by the core kernel
+ * and the layout remains unchanged except for appended new members.
+ */
+KABI_BYTE_SIZE(ex4a, 8);
+
+/*
+ * STABLE:      variable structure_type ex4a {
+ * STABLE-NEXT:   member base_type [[ULONG]] byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0)
+ * STABLE-NEXT: } byte_size(8)
+ */
+
 #endif /* __KABI_EX_H__ */