| Message ID | 20220216194836.GA904035@embeddedor (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Awaiting Upstream |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [next] ath11k: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members | expand |
| Context | Check | Description |
|---|---|---|
| netdev/tree_selection | success | Not a local patch |
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:48:36PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: > There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare > having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. > Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these > cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should > no longer be used[2]. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member > [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78 > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org> wrote: > There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare > having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. > Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these > cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should > no longer be used[2]. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member > [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78 > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. e9e591686ccb ath11k: Replace zero-length arrays with flexible-array members
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.h index 8255b6cfab0c..9644ff909502 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.h @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct ath11k_ce_ring { u32 hal_ring_id; /* keep last */ - struct sk_buff *skb[0]; + struct sk_buff *skb[]; }; struct ath11k_ce_pipe { diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h index 9e88ccca5ca7..e5cc007b6feb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ struct ath11k_base { } id; /* must be last */ - u8 drv_priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *)); + u8 drv_priv[] __aligned(sizeof(void *)); }; struct ath11k_fw_stats_pdev { diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h index 409d6cc5a1d5..b644e4675818 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h @@ -1170,12 +1170,12 @@ struct ath11k_htt_ppdu_stats_msg { u32 ppdu_id; u32 timestamp; u32 rsvd; - u8 data[0]; + u8 data[]; } __packed; struct htt_tlv { u32 header; - u8 value[0]; + u8 value[]; } __packed; #define HTT_TLV_TAG GENMASK(11, 0) @@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ struct htt_ppdu_stats_usr_cmn_array { * tx_ppdu_stats_info is variable length, with length = * number_of_ppdu_stats * sizeof (struct htt_tx_ppdu_stats_info) */ - struct htt_tx_ppdu_stats_info tx_ppdu_info[0]; + struct htt_tx_ppdu_stats_info tx_ppdu_info[]; } __packed; struct htt_ppdu_user_stats { @@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ struct htt_ppdu_stats_info { */ struct htt_pktlog_msg { u32 hdr; - u8 payload[0]; + u8 payload[]; }; /** @@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ struct ath11k_htt_extd_stats_msg { u32 info0; u64 cookie; u32 info1; - u8 data[0]; + u8 data[]; } __packed; #define HTT_MAC_ADDR_L32_0 GENMASK(7, 0) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/rx_desc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/rx_desc.h index 79c50804d7dc..26ecc1bcd9d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/rx_desc.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/rx_desc.h @@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ struct hal_rx_desc_ipq8074 { __le32 hdr_status_tag; __le32 phy_ppdu_id; u8 hdr_status[HAL_RX_DESC_HDR_STATUS_LEN]; - u8 msdu_payload[0]; + u8 msdu_payload[]; } __packed; struct hal_rx_desc_qcn9074 { @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ struct hal_rx_desc_qcn9074 { __le32 hdr_status_tag; __le32 phy_ppdu_id; u8 hdr_status[HAL_RX_DESC_HDR_STATUS_LEN]; - u8 msdu_payload[0]; + u8 msdu_payload[]; } __packed; struct hal_rx_desc_wcn6855 { @@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ struct hal_rx_desc_wcn6855 { __le32 hdr_status_tag; __le32 phy_ppdu_id; u8 hdr_status[HAL_RX_DESC_HDR_STATUS_LEN]; - u8 msdu_payload[0]; + u8 msdu_payload[]; } __packed; struct hal_rx_desc { diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/spectral.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/spectral.c index 4100cc1449a2..2b18871d5f7c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/spectral.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/spectral.c @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct spectral_search_fft_report { __le32 info1; __le32 info2; __le32 reserve0; - u8 bins[0]; + u8 bins[]; } __packed; struct ath11k_spectral_search_report {
There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.h | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h | 10 +++++----- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/rx_desc.h | 6 +++--- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/spectral.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)