[PATCH] ovl: Replace offsetof() with struct_size() in ovl_stack_free()
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Sat May 03 2025 - 06:34:58 EST
Compared to offsetof(), struct_size() provides additional compile-time
checks for structs with flexible arrays (e.g., __must_be_array()).
No functional changes intended.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/util.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 0819c739cc2f..dea0df3272e3 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ void ovl_stack_free(struct ovl_path *stack, unsigned int n)
struct ovl_entry *ovl_alloc_entry(unsigned int numlower)
{
- size_t size = offsetof(struct ovl_entry, __lowerstack[numlower]);
- struct ovl_entry *oe = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct ovl_entry *oe;
+ oe = kzalloc(struct_size(oe, __lowerstack, numlower), GFP_KERNEL);
if (oe)
oe->__numlower = numlower;
--
2.49.0