gendwarfksyms: Add a kABI rule to override byte_size attributes

A data structure can be partially opaque to modules if its allocation is handled by the core kernel, and modules only need to access some of its members. In this situation, it's possible to append new members to the structure without breaking the ABI, as long as the layout for the original members remains unchanged. For example, consider the following struct: struct s { unsigned long a; void *p; }; gendwarfksyms --stable --dump-dies produces the following type expansion: variable structure_type s { member base_type long unsigned int byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0) , member pointer_type { base_type void } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(8) } byte_size(16) To append new members, we can use the KABI_IGNORE() macro to hide them from gendwarfksyms --stable: struct s { /* old members with unchanged layout */ unsigned long a; void *p; /* new members not accessed by modules */ KABI_IGNORE(0, unsigned long n); }; However, we can't hide the fact that adding new members changes the struct size, as seen in the updated type string: variable structure_type s { member base_type long unsigned int byte_size(8) encoding(7) a data_member_location(0) , member pointer_type { base_type void } byte_size(8) p data_member_location(8) } byte_size(24) In order to support this use case, add a kABI rule that makes it possible to override the byte_size attribute for types: /* * struct s allocation is handled by the kernel, so * appending new members without changing the original * layout won't break the ABI. */ KABI_BYTE_SIZE(s, 16); This results in a type string that's unchanged from the original and therefore, won't change versions for symbols that reference the changed structure.

STSami Tolvanen committed 1 year ago