[tip: timers/vdso] vdso: Switch get/put_unaligned() from packed struct to memcpy()

["tip-bot2 for Ian Rogers" <tip-bot2@linutronix.de>]

The following commit has been merged into the timers/vdso branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e04a494143bab7ea804fe1ebe286701ee8288e4a
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e04a494143bab7ea804fe1ebe286701ee8288e4a
Author:        Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:51:24 -07:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:46:00 +01:00

vdso: Switch get/put_unaligned() from packed struct to memcpy()

Type punning is necessary for get/put_unaligned() but the use of a packed
struct violates strict aliasing rules, requiring -fno-strict-aliasing to be
passed to the C compiler.

Switch to using memcpy() so that -fno-strict-aliasing isn't necessary.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251016205126.2882625-3-irogers@google.com
---
 include/vdso/unaligned.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/vdso/unaligned.h b/include/vdso/unaligned.h
index ff0c06b..9076483 100644
--- a/include/vdso/unaligned.h
+++ b/include/vdso/unaligned.h
@@ -2,14 +2,43 @@
 #ifndef __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H
 #define __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H
 
-#define __get_unaligned_t(type, ptr) ({							\
-	const struct { type x; } __packed * __get_pptr = (typeof(__get_pptr))(ptr);	\
-	__get_pptr->x;									\
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+
+/**
+ * __get_unaligned_t - read an unaligned value from memory.
+ * @type:	the type to load from the pointer.
+ * @ptr:	the pointer to load from.
+ *
+ * Use memcpy to affect an unaligned type sized load avoiding undefined behavior
+ * from approaches like type punning that require -fno-strict-aliasing in order
+ * to be correct. As type may be const, use __unqual_scalar_typeof to map to a
+ * non-const type - you can't memcpy into a const type. The
+ * __get_unaligned_ctrl_type gives __unqual_scalar_typeof its required
+ * expression rather than type, a pointer is used to avoid warnings about mixing
+ * the use of 0 and NULL. The void* cast silences ubsan warnings.
+ */
+#define __get_unaligned_t(type, ptr) ({					\
+	type *__get_unaligned_ctrl_type __always_unused = NULL;		\
+	__unqual_scalar_typeof(*__get_unaligned_ctrl_type) __get_unaligned_val; \
+	__builtin_memcpy(&__get_unaligned_val, (void *)(ptr),		\
+			 sizeof(__get_unaligned_val));			\
+	__get_unaligned_val;						\
 })
 
-#define __put_unaligned_t(type, val, ptr) do {						\
-	struct { type x; } __packed * __put_pptr = (typeof(__put_pptr))(ptr);		\
-	__put_pptr->x = (val);								\
+/**
+ * __put_unaligned_t - write an unaligned value to memory.
+ * @type:	the type of the value to store.
+ * @val:	the value to store.
+ * @ptr:	the pointer to store to.
+ *
+ * Use memcpy to affect an unaligned type sized store avoiding undefined
+ * behavior from approaches like type punning that require -fno-strict-aliasing
+ * in order to be correct. The void* cast silences ubsan warnings.
+ */
+#define __put_unaligned_t(type, val, ptr) do {				\
+	type __put_unaligned_val = (val);				\
+	__builtin_memcpy((void *)(ptr), &__put_unaligned_val,		\
+			 sizeof(__put_unaligned_val));			\
 } while (0)
 
 #endif /* __VDSO_UNALIGNED_H */