Re: [PATCH][next] xen/xenbus: Add __counted_by for struct read_buffer and use struct_size()

From: Jason Andryuk
Date: Wed Oct 11 2023 - 09:22:47 EST


On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 2:55 PM Gustavo A. R. Silva
<gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx> 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>

Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>