Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] params: Annotate struct module_param_attrs with __counted_by()

From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Tue Feb 11 2025 - 08:18:36 EST


On 4. Feb 2025, at 17:44, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> On 14. Jan 2025, at 22:49, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> Add the __counted_by compiler attribute to the flexible array member
>> attrs to improve access bounds-checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
>> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
>>
>> Increment num before adding a new param_attribute to the attrs array and
>> adjust the array index accordingly. Increment num immediately after the
>> first reallocation such that the reallocation for the NULL terminator
>> only needs to add 1 (instead of 2) to mk->mp->num.
>>
>> Use struct_size() instead of manually calculating the size for the
>> reallocation.
>>
>> Use krealloc_array() for the additional NULL terminator.
>
> Hi, could someone please take another look at this?
>
> It was already applied to modules-next in August 2024, but dropped
> shortly after because of a Clang issue:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241029140036.577804-1-kernel@xxxxxxxx
>
> The Clang issue has been fixed for a while and this patch could be
> applied again.

Hi Luis,

you already applied this to modules-next in September of last year [1].
Could you apply it again now that the Clang issue has been fixed?

Thanks,
Thorsten

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/ZuHaiiMV6ESS8p7z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/