Re: [PATCH][next] btrfs: Add __counted_by for struct btrfs_delayed_item and use struct_size()

From: David Sterba
Date: Mon Oct 09 2023 - 18:57:34 EST


On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 02:44:54PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva 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 via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS (for
> array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
>
> While there, use struct_size() helper, instead of the open-coded
> version, to calculate the size for the allocation of the whole
> flexible structure, including of course, the flexible-array member.
>
> This code was found with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and
> fixed manually.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Added to misc-next, thanks.