Re: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid bogus gcc-7 array-bounds warning

[David Miller]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:41:37 +0200

> When using CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL, the TCP code produces a
> false-positive warning:
> 
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c: In function 'tcp_connect':
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2207:40: error: array subscript is below array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]
>    tp->chrono_stat[tp->chrono_type - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
>                                         ^~
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2207:40: error: array subscript is below array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]
>    tp->chrono_stat[tp->chrono_type - 1] += now - tp->chrono_start;
>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> I have opened a gcc bug for this, but distros have already shipped
> compilers with this problem, and it's not clear yet whether there is
> a way for gcc to avoid the warning. As the problem is related to the
> bitfield access, this introduces a temporary variable to store the old
> enum value.
> 
> I did not notice this warning earlier, since UBSAN is disabled when
> building with COMPILE_TEST, and that was always turned on in both
> allmodconfig and randconfig tests.
> 
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81601
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Arnd.