Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Mon Apr 08 2024 - 17:35:20 EST


Hi,

On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 04:23:35PM +0200, Erick Archer wrote:
> The "struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2" uses a dynamically sized set of
> trailing elements. Specifically, it uses a "mana_handle_t" array. So,
> use the preferred way in the kernel declaring a flexible array [1].
>
> At the same time, 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).
>
> This is a previous step to refactor the two consumers of this structure.
>
> drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/qp.c
> drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
>
> The ultimate goal is to avoid the open-coded arithmetic in the memory
> allocator functions [2] using the "struct_size" macro.
>
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays [1]
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [2]
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I think this could have all been one patch, I found myself jumping
around the three patches here piecing together context.

Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/net/mana/mana.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
> index 4eeedf14711b..561f6719fb4e 100644
> --- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
> +++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
> @@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 {
> u8 hashkey[MANA_HASH_KEY_SIZE];
> u8 cqe_coalescing_enable;
> u8 reserved2[7];
> + mana_handle_t indir_tab[] __counted_by(num_indir_entries);
> }; /* HW DATA */
>
> struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_resp {
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Thanks
Justin