Re: [PATCH] media: atomisp: Perform a single memset() for union

From: Sakari Ailus
Date: Sun Jul 11 2021 - 11:16:56 EST


On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 07:51:01AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> There is no need to memset() both dvs_grid_info and dvs_stat_grid_info
> separately: they are part of the same union. Instead, just zero the
> union itself. This additionally avoids a false positive (due to a
> gcc optimization bug[1]) when building with the coming FORTIFY_SOURCE
> improvements:
>
> In function 'fortify_memset_chk',
> inlined from 'sh_css_pipe_get_grid_info' at drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css.c:5186:3,
> inlined from 'ia_css_stream_create' at drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/sh_css.c:9442:10:
> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:199:4: warning: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Wattribute-warning]
> 199 | __write_overflow_field();
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101419
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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