[tip: x86/platform] x86/uv/time: Use a flexible array in struct uv_rtc_timer_head

From: tip-bot2 for Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Thu Oct 01 2020 - 12:59:51 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/platform branch of tip:

Commit-ID: a0947081af2ac9549e6ba19877456730713bde23
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/a0947081af2ac9549e6ba19877456730713bde23
Author: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:56:08 -05:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 18:47:39 +02:00

x86/uv/time: Use a flexible array in struct uv_rtc_timer_head

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].

struct uv_rtc_timer_head contains a one-element array cpu[1]. Switch it
to a flexible array and use the struct_size() helper to calculate the
allocation size. Also, save some heap space in the process[3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9-rc1/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200518190114.GA7757@embeddedor/

[ bp: Massage a bit. ]

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201001145608.GA10204@embeddedor
---
arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_time.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_time.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_time.c
index f82a133..6c348c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_time.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_time.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct uv_rtc_timer_head {
struct {
int lcpu; /* systemwide logical cpu number */
u64 expires; /* next timer expiration for this cpu */
- } cpu[1];
+ } cpu[];
};

/*
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ static __init int uv_rtc_allocate_timers(void)
struct uv_rtc_timer_head *head = blade_info[bid];

if (!head) {
- head = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct uv_rtc_timer_head) +
- (uv_blade_nr_possible_cpus(bid) *
- 2 * sizeof(u64)),
+ head = kmalloc_node(struct_size(head, cpu,
+ uv_blade_nr_possible_cpus(bid)),
GFP_KERNEL, nid);
if (!head) {
uv_rtc_deallocate_timers();