[PATCH v3][next] net/smc: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Thu Mar 28 2024 - 17:46:20 EST


-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end is coming in GCC-14, and we are getting
ready to enable it globally.

There are currently a couple of objects in `struct smc_clc_msg_proposal_area`
that contain a couple of flexible structures:

struct smc_clc_msg_proposal_area {
...
struct smc_clc_v2_extension pclc_v2_ext;
...
struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
...
};

So, in order to avoid ending up with a couple of flexible-array members
in the middle of a struct, we use the `struct_group_tagged()` helper to
separate the flexible array from the rest of the members in the flexible
structure:

struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension {
struct_group_tagged(smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension_fixed, fixed,
u8 system_eid[SMC_MAX_EID_LEN];
u8 reserved[16];
);
struct smc_clc_smcd_gid_chid gidchid[];
};

With the change described above, we now declare objects of the type of
the tagged struct without embedding flexible arrays in the middle of
another struct:

struct smc_clc_msg_proposal_area {
...
struct smc_clc_v2_extension_fixed pclc_v2_ext;
...
struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension_fixed pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
...
};

We also use `container_of()` when we need to retrieve a pointer to the
flexible structures.

So, with these changes, fix the following warnings:

In file included from net/smc/af_smc.c:42:
net/smc/smc_clc.h:186:49: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
186 | struct smc_clc_v2_extension pclc_v2_ext;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
net/smc/smc_clc.h:188:49: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
188 | struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Adjust code to 80 columns. (Wen Gu)
- Add a couple of code comments.

Changes in v2:
- Name the tagged struct *_fixed instead of *_hdr.
- Add Kees' RB tag.
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/ZfCXBykRw5XqBvf0@neat/

v1:
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/ZeIhOT44ON5rjPiP@neat/

net/smc/smc_clc.c | 6 ++++--
net/smc/smc_clc.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.c b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
index e55026c7529c..33fa787c28eb 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_clc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.c
@@ -853,8 +853,10 @@ int smc_clc_send_proposal(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
pclc_smcd = &pclc->pclc_smcd;
pclc_prfx = &pclc->pclc_prfx;
ipv6_prfx = pclc->pclc_prfx_ipv6;
- v2_ext = &pclc->pclc_v2_ext;
- smcd_v2_ext = &pclc->pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
+ v2_ext = container_of(&pclc->pclc_v2_ext,
+ struct smc_clc_v2_extension, fixed);
+ smcd_v2_ext = container_of(&pclc->pclc_smcd_v2_ext,
+ struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension, fixed);
gidchids = pclc->pclc_gidchids;
trl = &pclc->pclc_trl;

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_clc.h b/net/smc/smc_clc.h
index 7cc7070b9772..f37d9a72b635 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_clc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_clc.h
@@ -134,12 +134,15 @@ struct smc_clc_smcd_gid_chid {
*/

struct smc_clc_v2_extension {
- struct smc_clnt_opts_area_hdr hdr;
- u8 roce[16]; /* RoCEv2 GID */
- u8 max_conns;
- u8 max_links;
- __be16 feature_mask;
- u8 reserved[12];
+ /* New members must be added within the __struct_group() macro below. */
+ struct_group_tagged(smc_clc_v2_extension_fixed, fixed,
+ struct smc_clnt_opts_area_hdr hdr;
+ u8 roce[16]; /* RoCEv2 GID */
+ u8 max_conns;
+ u8 max_links;
+ __be16 feature_mask;
+ u8 reserved[12];
+ );
u8 user_eids[][SMC_MAX_EID_LEN];
};

@@ -159,8 +162,11 @@ struct smc_clc_msg_smcd { /* SMC-D GID information */
};

struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension {
- u8 system_eid[SMC_MAX_EID_LEN];
- u8 reserved[16];
+ /* New members must be added within the __struct_group() macro below. */
+ struct_group_tagged(smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension_fixed, fixed,
+ u8 system_eid[SMC_MAX_EID_LEN];
+ u8 reserved[16];
+ );
struct smc_clc_smcd_gid_chid gidchid[];
};

@@ -183,9 +189,9 @@ struct smc_clc_msg_proposal_area {
struct smc_clc_msg_smcd pclc_smcd;
struct smc_clc_msg_proposal_prefix pclc_prfx;
struct smc_clc_ipv6_prefix pclc_prfx_ipv6[SMC_CLC_MAX_V6_PREFIX];
- struct smc_clc_v2_extension pclc_v2_ext;
+ struct smc_clc_v2_extension_fixed pclc_v2_ext;
u8 user_eids[SMC_CLC_MAX_UEID][SMC_MAX_EID_LEN];
- struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
+ struct smc_clc_smcd_v2_extension_fixed pclc_smcd_v2_ext;
struct smc_clc_smcd_gid_chid
pclc_gidchids[SMCD_CLC_MAX_V2_GID_ENTRIES];
struct smc_clc_msg_trail pclc_trl;
--
2.34.1