Re: [PATCH v2][next] wifi: wil6210: wmi: Use __counted_by() in struct wmi_set_link_monitor_cmd and avoid -Wfamnae warning

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Apr 29 2024 - 14:09:55 EST


On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 08:25:56PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 10:12:28AM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> >
> >> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the
> >> > __counted_by attribute. Flexible array members annotated with
> >> > __counted_by can have their accesses bounds-checked at run-time
> >> > via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE
> >> > (for strcpy/memcpy-family functions).
> >> >
> >> > Also, -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end is coming in GCC-14, and we are
> >> > getting ready to enable it globally.
> >> >
> >> > So, use the `DEFINE_FLEX()` helper for an on-stack definition of
> >> > a flexible structure where the size of the flexible-array member
> >> > is known at compile-time, and refactor the rest of the code,
> >> > accordingly.
> >> >
> >> > So, with these changes, fix the following warning:
> >> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:4018:49: warning: structure
> >> > containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another
> >> > structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> >> >
> >> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/202
> >> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
> >>
> >> cbb0697e0ded wifi: wil6210: wmi: Use __counted_by() in struct
> >> wmi_set_link_monitor_cmd and avoid -Wfamnae warning
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was just walking through our patch tracker and noticed that I don't
> > see this patch include in -next yet (as of next-20240429). Is there a
> > flush of the ath-next queue planned soon? Or did I miss some change?
>
> Yeah, wireless-next was pulled last week so most likely we will create
> ath-next pull request this week.
>
> BTW we are planning to move ath.git to a new location, rename branches
> etc. I think we'll see if we can also setup it so that it can be pulled
> to linux-next, so that you don't need to ask this every time ;)
>
> (Just joking of course, there a lot of benefits from having the tree in
> linux-next)

Ah-ha! Thanks. Yeah, sorry if I keep asking about that. It's different
from other trees, so it doesn't stick in my head. :) I should keep
better notes!

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Kees Cook