Hi Masahiro, On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 22:34, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(tee, ) is built on a host with a different > endianness from the target architecture, it results in an incorrect > MODULE_ALIAS(). > > For example, see a case where drivers/char/hw_random/optee-rng.c > is built as a module. > > If you build it on a little endian host, you will get the correct > MODULE_ALIAS: > > $ grep MODULE_ALIAS drivers/char/hw_random/optee-rng.mod.c > MODULE_ALIAS("tee:ab7a617c-b8e7-4d8f-8301-d09b61036b64*"); > > However, if you build it on a big endian host, you will get a wrong > MODULE_ALIAS: > > $ grep MODULE_ALIAS drivers/char/hw_random/optee-rng.mod.c > MODULE_ALIAS("tee:646b0361-9bd0-0183-8f4d-e7b87c617aab*"); > > This issue has been unnoticed because the ARM kernel is most likely built > on a little endian host (cross-build on x86 or native-build on ARM). > > The uuid field must not be reversed because uuid_t is an array of __u8. > To me it wasn't obvious that DEF_FIELD() has certain endianness limitations. > Fixes: 0fc1db9d1059 ("tee: add bus driver framework for TEE based devices") > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c > index 7056751c29b1..70bf6a2f585c 100644 > --- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c > +++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c > @@ -1348,13 +1348,13 @@ static int do_typec_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias) > /* Looks like: tee:uuid */ > static int do_tee_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias) > { > - DEF_FIELD(symval, tee_client_device_id, uuid); As you have mentioned in patch #3: the limitations of TO_NATIVE(), if you can update comments for DEF_FIELD() as well to make it clear that it doesn't support byte arrays/strings would be helpful. I think the following check that you have introduced in patch #3 can still be bypassed for byte arrays/strings. + _Static_assert(sizeof(x) == 1 || sizeof(x) == 2 || \ + sizeof(x) == 4 || sizeof(x) == 8, "bug"); BTW, for this fix feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx> -Sumit > + DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, tee_client_device_id, uuid); > > sprintf(alias, "tee:%02x%02x%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x", > - uuid.b[0], uuid.b[1], uuid.b[2], uuid.b[3], uuid.b[4], > - uuid.b[5], uuid.b[6], uuid.b[7], uuid.b[8], uuid.b[9], > - uuid.b[10], uuid.b[11], uuid.b[12], uuid.b[13], uuid.b[14], > - uuid.b[15]); > + uuid->b[0], uuid->b[1], uuid->b[2], uuid->b[3], uuid->b[4], > + uuid->b[5], uuid->b[6], uuid->b[7], uuid->b[8], uuid->b[9], > + uuid->b[10], uuid->b[11], uuid->b[12], uuid->b[13], uuid->b[14], > + uuid->b[15]); > > add_wildcard(alias); > return 1; > -- > 2.39.2 >