Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Warn about 0-length and 1-element arrays

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2023-05-26 at 10:39 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Fake flexible arrays have been deprecated since last millennium. Proper
> C99 flexible arrays must be used throughout the kernel so
> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE and CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS can provide proper array
> bounds checking.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> @@ -7430,6 +7430,21 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> +# check for array definition/declarations that should use flexible arrays instead
> +		if ($sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s*}\s*;\s*$/ &&
> +		    $prevline =~ /^\+\s*(?:(?:struct|union|enum)\s+$Ident|\}|$Type)\s*$Ident\s*\[\s*(0|1)\s*\]\s*;\s*$/) {

I think this is overly complicated and not necessary

		    $prevline =~ /^\+\s*$Type\s*$Ident\s*\[\s*(0|1)\s*\]\s*;\s*$/) {

should work no?

($Type already includes this from @typeList):
	qr{struct\s+$Ident},
	qr{union\s+$Ident},
	qr{enum\s+$Ident},

> +			if ($1 == '0') {
> +				if (WARN("ZERO_LENGTH_ARRAY",
> +					 "Use C99 flexible arrays instead of zero-length arrays - see https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78\n"; . $hereprev) &&
> +				    $fix) {
> +					$fixed[$fixlinenr - 1] =~ s/\[0\]/[]/g;

And this $fix doesn't work if the line is struct foo bar[ 0 ];
and the use of /g is odd.

Because the message is a WARN and not an ERR, please use
"Prefer/over" and not "Use/instead of"

					$fixed[$fixlinenr - 1] =~ s/\[\s*0\s*\]/[]/;
> +				}
> +			} else {
> +				WARN("ONE_ELEMENT_ARRAY",
> +				     "Use C99 flexible arrays instead of one-element arrays - see https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79\n"; . $hereprev);
> +			}

And this could have a $fix change too

				if (WARN("ONE_ELEMENT_ARRAY",
					 ...) &&
				    $fix) {
					$fixed[$fixlinenr - 1] =~ s/\[\s*1\s*\]/[]/;
> +		}
> +
>  # nested likely/unlikely calls
>  		if ($line =~ /\b(?:(?:un)?likely)\s*\(\s*!?\s*(IS_ERR(?:_OR_NULL|_VALUE)?|WARN)/) {
>  			WARN("LIKELY_MISUSE",