Re: [PATCH] media: venus: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

[Stanimir Varbanov]

Hi Gustavo,

Two patches from you are already queued in media_tree for v5.8.

0f61e171e4bbac4595175070c75707f1b12f4e37 media: venus: hfi_msgs.h:
Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member

380f3bbd9562dc93be2e3cadc329b15284fbedae media: venus: hfi_cmds.h:
Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member


On 5/7/20 10:07 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:
> 
> struct foo {
>         int stuff;
>         struct boo array[];
> };
> 
> By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
> 
> Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> this change:
> 
> "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
> 
> sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
> 
> This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_cmds.h |    2 +-
>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h |   10 +++++-----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_cmds.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_cmds.h
> index cae9d5d61c0c..83705e237f1c 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_cmds.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_cmds.h
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct hfi_session_abort_pkt {
>  struct hfi_session_set_property_pkt {
>  	struct hfi_session_hdr_pkt shdr;
>  	u32 num_properties;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_session_set_buffers_pkt {
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> index 7694b1d25d9d..526d9f5b487b 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_empty_buffer_done_pkt {
>  	u32 input_tag;
>  	u32 packet_buffer;
>  	u32 extradata_buffer;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_compressed_pkt {
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_compressed_pkt {
>  	u32 picture_type;
>  	u32 packet_buffer;
>  	u32 extradata_buffer;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane0_pkt {
> @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane0_pkt {
>  	u32 picture_type;
>  	u32 packet_buffer;
>  	u32 extradata_buffer;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane1_pkt {
> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane1_pkt {
>  	u32 filled_len;
>  	u32 offset;
>  	u32 packet_buffer2;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane2_pkt {
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_fbd_uncompressed_plane2_pkt {
>  	u32 filled_len;
>  	u32 offset;
>  	u32 packet_buffer3;
> -	u32 data[0];
> +	u32 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_parse_sequence_header_done_pkt {
> 

-- 
regards,
Stan