Kernel 6.1 now has fortify_memcpy_chk() and it is causing the following
warning while trying to compile backports:
CC [M] /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/net/wireless/util.o
In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:253,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/string.h:3,
from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
from ./include/linux/smp.h:13,
from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h:18,
from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/timex.h:8,
from ./include/linux/timex.h:67,
from ./include/linux/time32.h:13,
from ./include/linux/time.h:60,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/time.h:3,
from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:15,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/skbuff.h:3,
from ./include/linux/if_ether.h:19,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/if_ether.h:3,
from ./include/linux/etherdevice.h:20,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/backport-include/linux/etherdevice.h:3,
from /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/net/wireless/util.c:12:
In function 'fortify_memcpy_chk',
inlined from 'ieee80211_strip_8023_mesh_hdr' at /home/robimarko/Building/AX3600/ipq807x-5.15/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq807x_generic/backports-6.1.24/net/wireless/util.c:590:3:
./include/linux/fortify-string.h:404:25: 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]
404 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
This issue was fixed in the final version of
("wifi: mac80211: fix receiving A-MSDU frames on mesh interfaces") that was
merged upstream but we have a older version that is using:
memcpy(&payload.eth.h_dest, mesh_addr, 2 * ETH_ALEN);
instead of:
memcpy(&payload.eth, mesh_addr, 2 * ETH_ALEN);
So, lets just backport the merged version of patch to fix the issue.
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
