With GCC 12, -Wstringop-overread was warning about an implicit cast from char[6] to char[8]. However, the extra 2 bytes are always thrown away, alignment doesn't matter, and the risk of hitting the edge of unallocated memory has been accepted, so this prototype can just be converted to a regular char *. Silences: net/core/dev.c: In function ‘bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp’: net/core/dev.c:4618:21: warning: ‘ether_addr_equal_64bits’ reading 8 bytes from a region of size 6 [-Wstringop-overread] 4618 | orig_host = ether_addr_equal_64bits(eth->h_dest, > skb->dev->dev_addr); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ net/core/dev.c:4618:21: note: referencing argument 1 of type ‘const u8[8]’ {aka ‘const unsigned char[8]’} net/core/dev.c:4618:21: note: referencing argument 2 of type ‘const u8[8]’ {aka ‘const unsigned char[8]’} In file included from net/core/dev.c:91: include/linux/etherdevice.h:375:20: note: in a call to function ‘ether_addr_equal_64bits’ 375 | static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2], | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220212090811.uuzk6d76agw2vv73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/etherdevice.h | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 2ad71cc90b37..92b10e67d5f8 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) #endif } -static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr[6+2]) +static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 *addr) { #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN @@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2) * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 are only guaranteed to be 16 bits. */ -static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2], - const u8 addr2[6+2]) +static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2) { #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64 u64 fold = (*(const u64 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u64 *)addr2); -- 2.30.2