Re: [PATCH v2] uapi/netfilter: Prefer ISO-friendly __typeof__

From: Petr Vorel
Date: Mon Jul 10 2023 - 13:13:21 EST


> On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:36 AM Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > typeof() is a GNU extension, UAPI requires ISO C, therefore __typeof__()
> > should be used. Similarly to 31088f6f7906 ("uapi/linux/const.h: Prefer
> > ISO-friendly __typeof__") use __typeof__() also in x_tables.h.

> > Fixes: 72b2b1dd77e8 ("netfilter: xtables: replace XT_ENTRY_ITERATE macro")
> > Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>


> Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>


Hi Andrew,

gently ping, could you please merge this to next tree?
Or do we need to wait to next merge window?

Kind regards,
Petr

> > ---
> > Changes v1->v2:
> > * Add Kevin's Reviewed-by:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f8bd4212-9cca-03ca-884a-c9dec63bb256@xxxxxxx/
> > * Update hash to 31088f6f7906 (Kevin)
> > * Add Fixes: 72b2b1dd77e8 (Kevin)

> > include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h | 8 ++++----
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
> > index 796af83a963a..d4eced07f2a2 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
> > @@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ struct xt_counters_info {

> > /* pos is normally a struct ipt_entry/ip6t_entry/etc. */
> > #define xt_entry_foreach(pos, ehead, esize) \
> > - for ((pos) = (typeof(pos))(ehead); \
> > - (pos) < (typeof(pos))((char *)(ehead) + (esize)); \
> > - (pos) = (typeof(pos))((char *)(pos) + (pos)->next_offset))
> > + for ((pos) = (__typeof__(pos))(ehead); \
> > + (pos) < (__typeof__(pos))((char *)(ehead) + (esize)); \
> > + (pos) = (__typeof__(pos))((char *)(pos) + (pos)->next_offset))

> > -/* can only be xt_entry_match, so no use of typeof here */
> > +/* can only be xt_entry_match, so no use of __typeof__ here */
> > #define xt_ematch_foreach(pos, entry) \
> > for ((pos) = (struct xt_entry_match *)entry->elems; \
> > (pos) < (struct xt_entry_match *)((char *)(entry) + \
> > --
> > 2.40.0