compiler_types: add Endianness-dependent __counted_by_{le,be}

Some structures contain flexible arrays at the end and the counter for
them, but the counter has explicit Endianness and thus __counted_by()
can't be used directly.

To increase test coverage for potential problems without breaking
anything, introduce __counted_by_{le,be}() defined depending on
platform's Endianness to either __counted_by() when applicable or noop
otherwise.
Maybe it would be a good idea to introduce such attributes on compiler
level if possible, but for now let's stop on what we have.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327142241.1745989-2-aleksander.lobakin@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index d148f3e8dd57..0c2205d536b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ if major >= 3:
             "__rcu",
             "__user",
             "__force",
+            "__counted_by_le",
+            "__counted_by_be",
 
             # include/linux/compiler_attributes.h:
             "__alias",