Thank you all,
This patch may not look so beautiful, but its main purpose is to raise
some awareness about this strange compilation warning.
This problem only occurs in mips gcc 12.3 (maybe only on arc mips/ath79).
In:
>--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
>@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ void ath9k_ps_wakeup(struct ath_softc *sc)
> if (power_mode != ATH9K_PM_AWAKE) {
> spin_lock(&common->cc_lock);
> ath_hw_cycle_counters_update(common);
>- memset(&common->cc_survey, 0, sizeof(common->cc_survey));
>- memset(&common->cc_ani, 0, sizeof(common->cc_ani));
>+ memset(&common->cc_survey.cnts, 0, sizeof(common->cc_survey.cnts));
>+ memset(&common->cc_ani.cnts, 0, sizeof(common->cc_ani.cnts));
> spin_unlock(&common->cc_lock);
> }
The compiler will only warn the second memset() `memset(&common->cc_ani, 0, sizeof(common->cc_ani));`
detected write beyond size of field. However, `cc_survey` and `cc_survey` are the same structure.
I have no idea about this warning. I will be very grateful if someone can provide some tips or a
better solution.
The full log:
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24'
make[5]: 'Kconfig.versions' is up to date.
make[7]: 'Kconfig.versions' is up to date.
make[8]: 'conf' is up to date.
boolean symbol CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4 tested for 'm'? test forced to 'n'
#
# configuration written to .config
#
Building backport-include/backport/autoconf.h ... done.
CC [M] /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.o
In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:253,
from /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/string.h:3,
from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
from ./arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h:15,
from ./arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h:16,
from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:60,
from ./include/asm-generic/current.h:5,
from ./arch/mips/include/generated/asm/current.h:1,
from ./include/linux/sched.h:12,
from /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/sched.h:4,
from ./include/linux/delay.h:23,
from /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/delay.h:3,
from /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:18:
In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
inlined from 'ath9k_ps_wakeup' at /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c:140:3:
./include/linux/fortify-string.h:314:25: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]
314 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[11]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:250: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.o] Error 1
make[10]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k] Error 2
make[9]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless/ath] Error 2
make[8]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
make[7]: *** [Makefile:2012: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24] Error 2
make[6]: *** [Makefile.build:13: modules] Error 2
make[5]: *** [Makefile.real:93: modules] Error 2
make[4]: *** [Makefile:121: modules] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:401: /home/db/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-ath79_nand/backports-6.1.24/.built] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/db/openwrt/package/kernel/mac80211'
time: package/kernel/mac80211/regular/compile#4.94#0.95#21.75
ERROR: package/kernel/mac80211 failed to build (build variant: regular).
make[2]: *** [package/Makefile:120: package/kernel/mac80211/compile] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/db/openwrt'
make[1]: *** [package/Makefile:114: /home/db/openwrt/staging_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/stamp/.package_compile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/db/openwrt'
make: *** [/home/db/openwrt/include/toplevel.mk:231: world] Error 2
Best Regards,
Shiji Yang
