Re: [PATCH] wifi: ipw2x00: Annotate struct libipw_txb with __counted_by

[Kalle Valo]

Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct libipw_txb.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

357be7ebba38 wifi: ipw2x00: Annotate struct libipw_txb with __counted_by

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