Re: [next] wifi: rtlwifi: Replace fake flex-array with flex-array member

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Mar 31 2023 - 10:50:06 EST


"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Zero-length arrays as fake flexible arrays are deprecated and we are
> moving towards adopting C99 flexible-array members instead.
>
> Address the following warning found with GCC-13 and
> -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 enabled:
> In function ‘fortify_memset_chk’,
> inlined from ‘rtl_usb_probe’ at drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c:1044:2:
> ./include/linux/fortify-string.h:430:25: warning: call to ‘__write_overflow_field’ declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Wattribute-warning]
> 430 | __write_overflow_field(p_size_field, size);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
> routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
> enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [1].
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/277
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-October/602902.html [1]
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

82d6077901c6 wifi: rtlwifi: Replace fake flex-array with flex-array member

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