[PATCH] samples: user-trap: fix strict-aliasing warning

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Mon Feb 12 2024 - 06:18:03 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

I started getting warnings for this one file, though I can't see what changed
since it was originally introduced in commit fec7b6690541 ("samples: add an
example of seccomp user trap").

samples/seccomp/user-trap.c: In function 'send_fd':
samples/seccomp/user-trap.c:50:11: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
50 | *((int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg)) = fd;
| ~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
samples/seccomp/user-trap.c: In function 'recv_fd':
samples/seccomp/user-trap.c:83:18: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
83 | return *((int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg));
| ~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Using a temporary pointer variable avoids the warning.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
samples/seccomp/user-trap.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c b/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
index 20291ec6489f..a23fec357b5d 100644
--- a/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
+++ b/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static int send_fd(int sock, int fd)
{
struct msghdr msg = {};
struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+ int *fd_ptr;
char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = {0}, c = 'c';
struct iovec io = {
.iov_base = &c,
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ static int send_fd(int sock, int fd)
cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
- *((int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg)) = fd;
+ fd_ptr = (int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);
+ *fd_ptr = fd;
msg.msg_controllen = cmsg->cmsg_len;

if (sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0) < 0) {
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ static int recv_fd(int sock)
{
struct msghdr msg = {};
struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+ int *fd_ptr;
char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))] = {0}, c = 'c';
struct iovec io = {
.iov_base = &c,
@@ -79,8 +82,9 @@ static int recv_fd(int sock)
}

cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+ fd_ptr = (int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg);

- return *((int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg));
+ return *fd_ptr;
}

static int user_trap_syscall(int nr, unsigned int flags)
--
2.39.2