Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] ARM: sharpsl_param: work around -Wstringop-overread warning

[Daniel Mack]

On 9/27/21 4:53 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> gcc warns that accessing a pointer based on a numeric constant may
> be an offset into a NULL pointer, and would therefore has zero
> accessible bytes:
> 
> arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c: In function ‘sharpsl_save_param’:
> arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c:43:9: error: ‘memcpy’ reading 64 bytes from a region of size 0 [-Werror=stringop-overread]
>    43 |         memcpy(&sharpsl_param, param_start(PARAM_BASE), sizeof(struct sharpsl_param_info));
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> In this particular case, the warning is bogus since this is the actual
> pointer, not an offset on a NULL pointer. Add a local variable to shut
> up the warning and hope it doesn't come back.
> 
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99578

Acked-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx>


> Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> If there are no objections, I'd apply this one through the soc tree.
> ---
>  arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c b/arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c
> index efeb5724d9e9..6237ede2f0c7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/common/sharpsl_param.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sharpsl_param);
>  
>  void sharpsl_save_param(void)
>  {
> -	memcpy(&sharpsl_param, param_start(PARAM_BASE), sizeof(struct sharpsl_param_info));
> +	struct sharpsl_param_info *params = param_start(PARAM_BASE);
> +
> +	memcpy(&sharpsl_param, params, sizeof(*params));
>  
>  	if (sharpsl_param.comadj_keyword != COMADJ_MAGIC)
>  		sharpsl_param.comadj=-1;
>