| Message ID | 20220204232144.GA442861@embeddedor (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Mainlined |
| Commit | 76ad950c8fd7a4625908c679374f70d22272dfb3 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [next] bnx2x: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member | expand |
On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 17:21:44 -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]. > > This helps with the ongoing efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds > and get us closer to being able to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE routines > on memcpy(). > > This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle and audited and fixed, > manually. > > [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/79 > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Would be useful to include the analysis confirming the change is safe in this case, beyond the boiler plate commit message. Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h index a19dd6797070..447a75ea0cc1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ struct bnx2x_fw_stats_data { struct per_port_stats port; struct per_pf_stats pf; struct fcoe_statistics_params fcoe; - struct per_queue_stats queue_stats[1]; + struct per_queue_stats queue_stats[]; }; /* Public slow path states */
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]. This helps with the ongoing efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds and get us closer to being able to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(). This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle and audited and fixed, manually. [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/79 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)