Re: [PATCH][next] rxrpc: Replace fake flex-array with flexible-array member

From: Jeffrey E Altman
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 09:06:49 EST


On 3/6/2023 3:57 PM, 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.

Transform zero-length array into flexible-array member in struct
rxrpc_ackpacket.

Address the following warnings found with GCC-13 and
-fstrict-flex-arrays=3 enabled:
net/rxrpc/call_event.c:149:38: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of ‘uint8_t[0]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’} [-Warray-bounds=]

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/263
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-October/602902.html [1]
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/rxrpc/protocol.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/protocol.h b/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
index 6760cb99c6d6..e8ee4af43ca8 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
+++ b/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct rxrpc_ackpacket {
uint8_t nAcks; /* number of ACKs */
#define RXRPC_MAXACKS 255
- uint8_t acks[0]; /* list of ACK/NAKs */
+ uint8_t acks[]; /* list of ACK/NAKs */
#define RXRPC_ACK_TYPE_NACK 0
#define RXRPC_ACK_TYPE_ACK 1

Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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