[glibc/azanella/bz32119-stat-time64] linux: Fix stat layout divergence under pre-POSIX.1-2008 macros [BZ #32119]

Adhemerval Zanella via Glibc-cvs <[email protected]>
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=ecf95727a78731465b33290bc7374114ab38b63e

commit ecf95727a78731465b33290bc7374114ab38b63e
Author: Adhemerval Zanella <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Aug 5 15:28:02 2026 +0000

    linux: Fix stat layout divergence under pre-POSIX.1-2008 macros [BZ #32119]
    
    The struct stat layout must not depend on the feature-test macros in
    use: the kernel and libc always fill the same layout, and the
    pre-POSIX.1-2008 branches only exist to avoid declaring members with
    the reserved timespec names.  Three divergences crept in:
    
      - bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h tests __BYTE_ORDER without
        including <bits/endian.h>.  In strict pre-POSIX.1-2008 modes both
        operands are undefined, they compare equal, and the big-endian
        member order is selected on little-endian targets, displacing the
        time64 nanosecond fields on targets whose bits/struct_stat.h does
        not already include <bits/endian.h> (x86, mips o32/n32,
        microblazeel).
    
      - The same helper adds two reserved words only when POSIX.1-2008
        interfaces are hidden, making the public time64 structure larger
        under older feature-test macros although stat never populates the
        extra bytes.
    
      - The generic bits/struct_stat.h declares the strict-mode timestamps
        as a bare seconds/nanoseconds pair with no endianness handling or
        explicit padding.  On 32-bit ports with 64-bit time_t whose ABI
        aligns 64-bit types to 4 bytes, the timestamps end up packed 12
        bytes apart instead of 16, shifting st_mtime and st_ctime and
        shrinking the structure (arc); on big-endian the nanoseconds also
        land on the wrong side of the padding (or1k).  This triggers with
        plain -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L, without any _TIME_BITS opt-in,
        since time_t is unconditionally 64-bit on such ports.
    
    Fix the helper by including <bits/endian.h> and removing the reserved
    words, restoring the pre-refactoring (4e8521333be) time64 layout; and
    give the generic header the same endianness-aware nanosecond padding
    as <bits/types/struct_timespec.h>.
    
    Add a compile-only Python test based on glibcextract that compares
    sizeof and the member offsets of struct stat across several feature
    modes on all configurations.
    
    Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <[email protected]>

Diff:
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile                   | 11 +++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat.h         | 36 ++++++---
 .../sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h    |  5 +-
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py  | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index 14a56d5cc3..a5811977d4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -413,6 +413,17 @@ $(objpfx)tst-sched-consts.out: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sched-consts.py
 	  < /dev/null > $@ 2>&1; $(evaluate-test)
 $(objpfx)tst-sched-consts.out: $(sysdeps-linux-python-deps)
 
+tests-special += \
+  $(objpfx)tst-stat-layout-time64.out \
+  # tests-special
+$(objpfx)tst-stat-layout-time64.out: \
+  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py
+	$(sysdeps-linux-python) \
+	  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py \
+	    $(sysdeps-linux-python-cc) \
+	  < /dev/null > $@ 2>&1; $(evaluate-test)
+$(objpfx)tst-stat-layout-time64.out: $(sysdeps-linux-python-deps)
+
 tst-rseq-disable-TUNABLES += glibc.pthread.rseq=0
 tst-rseq-disable-static-TUNABLES += glibc.pthread.rseq=0
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat.h
index e912c3f6ba..cdbe1f8f76 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat.h
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@
   int __##name##_pad __attribute__((__aligned__ (__alignof__ (type64)))); type name
 #endif
 
+/* The pre-POSIX.1-2008 timestamp fields must match the layout of the
+   'struct timespec' members used in the POSIX.1-2008 case, including the
+   padding required when the seconds field is wider than the word size.  */
+#if __WORDSIZE == 64 \
+  || (defined __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE && __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE == 64) \
+  || (__TIMESIZE == 32 && !defined __USE_TIME64_REDIRECTS)
+# define __fieldts(name) \
+  __time_t name; unsigned long int name ## nsec
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+# define __fieldts(name) \
+  __time_t name; int: 32; unsigned long int name ## nsec
+#else
+# define __fieldts(name) \
+  __time_t name; unsigned long int name ## nsec; int: 32
+#endif
+
 struct stat
   {
     __dev_t st_dev;		/* Device.  */
@@ -69,12 +85,9 @@ struct stat
 # define st_mtime st_mtim.tv_sec
 # define st_ctime st_ctim.tv_sec
 #else
-    __time_t st_atime;			/* Time of last access.  */
-    unsigned long int st_atimensec;	/* Nscecs of last access.  */
-    __time_t st_mtime;			/* Time of last modification.  */
-    unsigned long int st_mtimensec;	/* Nsecs of last modification.  */
-    __time_t st_ctime;			/* Time of last status change.  */
-    unsigned long int st_ctimensec;	/* Nsecs of last status change.  */
+    __fieldts (st_atime);		/* Time of last access.  */
+    __fieldts (st_mtime);		/* Time of last modification.  */
+    __fieldts (st_ctime);		/* Time of last status change.  */
 #endif
     int __glibc_reserved[2];
   };
@@ -107,17 +120,16 @@ struct stat64
     struct timespec st_mtim;		/* Time of last modification.  */
     struct timespec st_ctim;		/* Time of last status change.  */
 #else
-    __time_t st_atime;			/* Time of last access.  */
-    unsigned long int st_atimensec;	/* Nscecs of last access.  */
-    __time_t st_mtime;			/* Time of last modification.  */
-    unsigned long int st_mtimensec;	/* Nsecs of last modification.  */
-    __time_t st_ctime;			/* Time of last status change.  */
-    unsigned long int st_ctimensec;	/* Nsecs of last status change.  */
+    __fieldts (st_atime);		/* Time of last access.  */
+    __fieldts (st_mtime);		/* Time of last modification.  */
+    __fieldts (st_ctime);		/* Time of last status change.  */
 #endif
     int __glibc_reserved[2];
   };
 #endif
 
+#undef __fieldts
+
 /* Tell code we have these members.  */
 #define	_STATBUF_ST_BLKSIZE
 #define _STATBUF_ST_RDEV
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h
index e0b78b314a..0ce85352cb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/struct_stat_time64_helper.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library.  If not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#include <bits/endian.h>
+
   /* Content of internal __stat64_t64 struct.  */
   __dev_t st_dev;		/* Device.  */
   __ino64_t st_ino;		/* file serial number.	*/
@@ -59,8 +61,5 @@
   __fieldts64 (st_mtime);
   __fieldts64 (st_ctime);
 
-  unsigned long int __glibc_reserved4;
-  unsigned long int __glibc_reserved5;
-
 # undef __fieldts64
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c6dd66a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-stat-layout-time64.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Check that feature-test macros do not change the time64 stat layout.
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+import glibcextract
+
+MODES = {
+    'POSIX.1-1996': '#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 199506L',
+    'POSIX.1-2001': '#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L',
+    'POSIX.1-2008': '#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L',
+    'XPG6': '#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600',
+}
+
+
+def compute_stat_layout(cc, mode_define):
+    # The nanosecond members are named differently in the two helper
+    # branches: st_Xtim.tv_nsec with __USE_XOPEN2K8, st_Xtimensec
+    #otherwise.
+    sym_data = [
+        '#undef _GNU_SOURCE',
+        mode_define,
+        '#define _TIME_BITS 64',
+        '#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64',
+        '#include <stddef.h>',
+        '#include <sys/stat.h>',
+        'START',
+        ('sizeof_stat', 'sizeof (struct stat)'),
+        ('st_dev', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_dev)'),
+        ('st_ino', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_ino)'),
+        ('st_mode', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_mode)'),
+        ('st_nlink', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_nlink)'),
+        ('st_uid', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_uid)'),
+        ('st_gid', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_gid)'),
+        ('st_rdev', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_rdev)'),
+        ('st_size', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_size)'),
+        ('st_blksize', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_blksize)'),
+        ('st_blocks', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_blocks)'),
+        ('st_atime', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_atime)'),
+        ('st_mtime', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_mtime)'),
+        ('st_ctime', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_ctime)'),
+        '#ifdef __USE_XOPEN2K8',
+        ('st_atimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_atim.tv_nsec)'),
+        ('st_mtimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_mtim.tv_nsec)'),
+        ('st_ctimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_ctim.tv_nsec)'),
+        '#else',
+        ('st_atimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_atimensec)'),
+        ('st_mtimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_mtimensec)'),
+        ('st_ctimensec', 'offsetof (struct stat, st_ctimensec)'),
+        '#endif',
+    ]
+    return glibcextract.compute_c_consts(sym_data, cc)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Check that feature-test macros do not change '
+        'the time64 stat layout.')
+    parser.add_argument('--cc', metavar='CC',
+                        help='C compiler (including options) to use')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    default_layout = compute_stat_layout(args.cc, '#define _GNU_SOURCE 1')
+    status = 0
+    for mode, mode_define in sorted(MODES.items()):
+        mode_layout = compute_stat_layout(args.cc, mode_define)
+        for name, value in default_layout.items():
+            if mode_layout[name] != value:
+                print('FAIL: %s: %s is %s, %s in default mode'
+                      % (mode, name, mode_layout[name], value))
+                status = 1
+    if status == 0:
+        print('PASS: struct stat layout is feature-test-macro invariant')
+    sys.exit(status)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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