[PATCH] [v2] landlock: work around gcc-16 -Wuninitialized warning
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-09-15 20:10:42
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Subsystem:
landlock security module, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Mickaël Salaün, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
gcc has a bug with -ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern that produces a
warning for correct code that uses sparse bitfields:
security/landlock/fs.c: In function 'is_access_to_paths_allowed.isra':
security/landlock/fs.c:767:28: error: '_layer_masks_child1' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]
767 | struct layer_masks _layer_masks_child1, _layer_masks_child2;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
security/landlock/fs.c:767:28: note: '_layer_masks_child1' declared here
767 | struct layer_masks _layer_masks_child1, _layer_masks_child2;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
security/landlock/fs.c: In function 'hook_unix_find':
security/landlock/fs.c:1649:28: error: 'layer_masks' is used uninitialized [-Werror=uninitialized]
1649 | struct layer_masks layer_masks;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
security/landlock/fs.c:1649:28: note: 'layer_masks' declared here
1649 | struct layer_masks layer_masks;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
To work around this, change the definition of struct layer_mask to
use an explictit padding field. This also avoids the extra attributes
for aligning the structure.
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110743
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260619082133.3504146-1-arnd@kernel.org/ (local)
Fixes: a260c0055665 ("landlock: Add a place for flags to layer rules")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
v2: rebased to linux-next-20260914
I originally sent this in June, but got no reply and this still
happens with gcc-16.2, which is the latest stable release.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
security/landlock/access.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/landlock/access.h b/security/landlock/access.h
index bbbb41f41147..f41ac3fc6476 100644
--- a/security/landlock/access.h
+++ b/security/landlock/access.h@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ struct layer_mask { */ access_mask_t quiet : 1; #endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK_LOG */ + access_mask_t __pad : ((sizeof(access_mask_t) * 8) - + LANDLOCK_NUM_ACCESS_MAX - + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK_LOG)); } __packed __aligned(sizeof(access_mask_t)); /*
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