RE: [PATCH 22/32] ACPICA: actbl2: Replace 1-element arrays with flexible arrays
From: Dan Williams
Date: Wed Apr 05 2023 - 20:23:41 EST
Dan Williams wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ACPICA commit 44f1af0664599e87bebc3a1260692baa27b2f264
> >
> > Similar to "Replace one-element array with flexible-array", replace the
> > 1-element array with a proper flexible array member as defined by C99.
> >
> > This allows the code to operate without tripping compile-time and run-
> > time bounds checkers (e.g. via __builtin_object_size(), -fsanitize=bounds,
> > and/or -fstrict-flex-arrays=3).
> >
> > The sizeof() uses with struct acpi_nfit_flush_address and struct
> > acpi_nfit_smbios have been adjusted to drop the open-coded subtraction
> > of the trailing single element. The result is no binary differences in
> > .text nor .data sections.
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/44f1af06
> > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Unit tests say NAK, though.
This causes a regression, but I think I see where. Will send a fixed
patch in a bit.