KVM: Remove subtle "struct kvm_stats_desc" pseudo-overlay

sean-jc · sean-jc · commit da142f3d373a · 2026-01-08T10:40:48.000-08:00
Remove KVM's internal pseudo-overlay of kvm_stats_desc, which subtly aliases the flexible name[] in the uAPI definition with a fixed-size array of the same name. The unusual embedded structure results in compiler warnings due to -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end, and also necessitates an extra level of dereferencing in KVM. To avoid the "overlay", define the uAPI structure to have a fixed-size name when building for the kernel. Opportunistically clean up the indentation for the stats macros, and replace spaces with tabs. No functional change intended. Reported-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aPfNKRpLfhmhYqfP@kspp Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com> [..] Acked-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> Reviewed-by: Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205232655.445294-1-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "trace.h"
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS()
 };
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, hvc_exit_stat),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, wfe_exit_stat),
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "trace.h"
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, int_exits),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, idle_exits),
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vm.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vm.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/kvm_eiointc.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_pch_pic.h>
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, pages),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, hugepages),
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define VECTORSPACING 0x100	/* for EI/VI mode */
 #endif
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS()
 };
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, wait_exits),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, cache_exits),
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 /* #define EXIT_DEBUG */
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, num_2M_pages),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, num_1G_pages)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, sum_exits),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, mmio_exits),
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 unsigned long kvmppc_booke_handlers;
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, num_2M_pages),
 	STATS_DESC_ICOUNTER(VM, num_1G_pages)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, sum_exits),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, mmio_exits),
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include "trace.h"
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, ecall_exit_stat),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, wfi_exit_stat),
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_mmu.h>
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS()
 };
 static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(kvm_vm_stats_desc) ==
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #define VCPU_IRQS_MAX_BUF (sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq) * \
 			   (KVM_MAX_VCPUS + LOCAL_IRQS))
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VM, inject_io),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VM, inject_float_mchk),
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, exit_userspace),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, exit_null),
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(enable_ipiv);
 bool __read_mostly enable_device_posted_irqs = true;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(enable_device_posted_irqs);
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VM_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VM, mmu_shadow_zapped),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VM, mmu_pte_write),
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header = {
 		       sizeof(kvm_vm_stats_desc),
 };
 
-const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
+const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[] = {
 	KVM_GENERIC_VCPU_STATS(),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, pf_taken),
 	STATS_DESC_COUNTER(VCPU, pf_fixed),
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1927,56 +1927,43 @@ enum kvm_stat_kind {
 
 struct kvm_stat_data {
 	struct kvm *kvm;
-	const struct _kvm_stats_desc *desc;
+	const struct kvm_stats_desc *desc;
 	enum kvm_stat_kind kind;
 };
 
-struct _kvm_stats_desc {
-	struct kvm_stats_desc desc;
-	char name[KVM_STATS_NAME_SIZE];
-};
-
-#define STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		       \
-	.flags = type | unit | base |					       \
-		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(type & ~KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK) |	       \
-		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(unit & ~KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK) |	       \
-		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(base & ~KVM_STATS_BASE_MASK),	       \
-	.exponent = exp,						       \
-	.size = sz,							       \
+#define STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		\
+	.flags = type | unit | base |					\
+		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(type & ~KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK) |       \
+		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(unit & ~KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK) |	\
+		 BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(base & ~KVM_STATS_BASE_MASK),	\
+	.exponent = exp,						\
+	.size = sz,							\
 	.bucket_size = bsz
 
-#define VM_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)	       \
-	{								       \
-		{							       \
-			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),     \
-			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, generic.stat)   \
-		},							       \
-		.name = #stat,						       \
-	}
-#define VCPU_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)	       \
-	{								       \
-		{							       \
-			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),     \
-			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, generic.stat) \
-		},							       \
-		.name = #stat,						       \
-	}
-#define VM_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		       \
-	{								       \
-		{							       \
-			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),     \
-			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, stat)	       \
-		},							       \
-		.name = #stat,						       \
-	}
-#define VCPU_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		       \
-	{								       \
-		{							       \
-			STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),     \
-			.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, stat)	       \
-		},							       \
-		.name = #stat,						       \
-	}
+#define VM_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)	\
+{									\
+	STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),		\
+	.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, generic.stat),		\
+	.name = #stat,							\
+}
+#define VCPU_GENERIC_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)	\
+{									\
+	STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),		\
+	.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, generic.stat),		\
+	.name = #stat,							\
+}
+#define VM_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		\
+{									\
+	STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),		\
+	.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vm_stat, stat),			\
+	.name = #stat,							\
+}
+#define VCPU_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		\
+{									\
+	STATS_DESC_COMMON(type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz),		\
+	.offset = offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu_stat, stat),			\
+	.name = #stat,							\
+}
 /* SCOPE: VM, VM_GENERIC, VCPU, VCPU_GENERIC */
 #define STATS_DESC(SCOPE, stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)		       \
 	SCOPE##_STATS_DESC(stat, type, unit, base, exp, sz, bsz)
@@ -2053,7 +2040,7 @@ struct _kvm_stats_desc {
 	STATS_DESC_IBOOLEAN(VCPU_GENERIC, blocking)
 
 ssize_t kvm_stats_read(char *id, const struct kvm_stats_header *header,
-		       const struct _kvm_stats_desc *desc,
+		       const struct kvm_stats_desc *desc,
 		       void *stats, size_t size_stats,
 		       char __user *user_buffer, size_t size, loff_t *offset);
 
@@ -2098,9 +2085,9 @@ static inline void kvm_stats_log_hist_update(u64 *data, size_t size, u64 value)
 
 
 extern const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vm_stats_header;
-extern const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[];
+extern const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vm_stats_desc[];
 extern const struct kvm_stats_header kvm_vcpu_stats_header;
-extern const struct _kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[];
+extern const struct kvm_stats_desc kvm_vcpu_stats_desc[];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
 static inline int mmu_invalidate_retry(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long mmu_seq)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <asm/kvm.h>
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#endif
+
 #define KVM_API_VERSION 12
 
 /*
@@ -1579,7 +1583,11 @@ struct kvm_stats_desc {
 	__u16 size;
 	__u32 offset;
 	__u32 bucket_size;
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+	char name[KVM_STATS_NAME_SIZE];
+#else
 	char name[];
+#endif
 };
 
 #define KVM_GET_STATS_FD  _IO(KVMIO,  0xce)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c b/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  * Return: the number of bytes that has been successfully read
  */
 ssize_t kvm_stats_read(char *id, const struct kvm_stats_header *header,
-		       const struct _kvm_stats_desc *desc,
+		       const struct kvm_stats_desc *desc,
 		       void *stats, size_t size_stats,
 		       char __user *user_buffer, size_t size, loff_t *offset)
 {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -983,9 +983,9 @@ static void kvm_free_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memslots *slots)
 		kvm_free_memslot(kvm, memslot);
 }
 
-static umode_t kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(const struct _kvm_stats_desc *pdesc)
+static umode_t kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(const struct kvm_stats_desc *desc)
 {
-	switch (pdesc->desc.flags & KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK) {
+	switch (desc->flags & KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK) {
 	case KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT:
 		return 0444;
 	case KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE:
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ static int kvm_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm, const char *fdname)
 	struct dentry *dent;
 	char dir_name[ITOA_MAX_LEN * 2];
 	struct kvm_stat_data *stat_data;
-	const struct _kvm_stats_desc *pdesc;
+	const struct kvm_stats_desc *pdesc;
 	int i, ret = -ENOMEM;
 	int kvm_debugfs_num_entries = kvm_vm_stats_header.num_desc +
 				      kvm_vcpu_stats_header.num_desc;
@@ -6186,11 +6186,11 @@ static int kvm_stat_data_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	switch (stat_data->kind) {
 	case KVM_STAT_VM:
 		r = kvm_get_stat_per_vm(stat_data->kvm,
-					stat_data->desc->desc.offset, val);
+					stat_data->desc->offset, val);
 		break;
 	case KVM_STAT_VCPU:
 		r = kvm_get_stat_per_vcpu(stat_data->kvm,
-					  stat_data->desc->desc.offset, val);
+					  stat_data->desc->offset, val);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -6208,11 +6208,11 @@ static int kvm_stat_data_clear(void *data, u64 val)
 	switch (stat_data->kind) {
 	case KVM_STAT_VM:
 		r = kvm_clear_stat_per_vm(stat_data->kvm,
-					  stat_data->desc->desc.offset);
+					  stat_data->desc->offset);
 		break;
 	case KVM_STAT_VCPU:
 		r = kvm_clear_stat_per_vcpu(stat_data->kvm,
-					    stat_data->desc->desc.offset);
+					    stat_data->desc->offset);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -6360,7 +6360,7 @@ static void kvm_uevent_notify_change(unsigned int type, struct kvm *kvm)
 static void kvm_init_debug(void)
 {
 	const struct file_operations *fops;
-	const struct _kvm_stats_desc *pdesc;
+	const struct kvm_stats_desc *pdesc;
 	int i;
 
 	kvm_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("kvm", NULL);
@@ -6373,7 +6373,7 @@ static void kvm_init_debug(void)
 			fops = &vm_stat_readonly_fops;
 		debugfs_create_file(pdesc->name, kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(pdesc),
 				kvm_debugfs_dir,
-				(void *)(long)pdesc->desc.offset, fops);
+				(void *)(long)pdesc->offset, fops);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < kvm_vcpu_stats_header.num_desc; ++i) {
@@ -6384,7 +6384,7 @@ static void kvm_init_debug(void)
 			fops = &vcpu_stat_readonly_fops;
 		debugfs_create_file(pdesc->name, kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(pdesc),
 				kvm_debugfs_dir,
-				(void *)(long)pdesc->desc.offset, fops);
+				(void *)(long)pdesc->offset, fops);
 	}
 }
 
