Re: [PATCH] scsi: ipr: Replace 1-element arrays with flexible arrays

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Thu Jul 11 2024 - 14:33:28 EST




On 11/07/24 12:07, Kees Cook wrote:
Replace the deprecated[1] use of a 1-element arrays in
struct ipr_hostrcb_fabric_desc and struct ipr_hostrcb64_fabric_desc
with modern flexible arrays.

No binary differences are present after this conversion.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79 [1]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
--
Gustavo

---
Cc: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/scsi/ipr.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.h b/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
index c77d6ca1a210..b2b643c6dbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.h
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ struct ipr_hostrcb_fabric_desc {
#define IPR_PATH_FAILED 0x03
__be16 num_entries;
- struct ipr_hostrcb_config_element elem[1];
+ struct ipr_hostrcb_config_element elem[];
}__attribute__((packed, aligned (4)));
struct ipr_hostrcb64_fabric_desc {
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ struct ipr_hostrcb64_fabric_desc {
u8 res_path[8];
u8 reserved3[6];
__be16 num_entries;
- struct ipr_hostrcb64_config_element elem[1];
+ struct ipr_hostrcb64_config_element elem[];
}__attribute__((packed, aligned (8)));
#define for_each_hrrq(hrrq, ioa_cfg) \