Re: [PATCH] ipv4/fib: Replace zero-length array with DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Thu Nov 17 2022 - 23:29:58 EST


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 08:21:52PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1] and are being replaced with
> flexible array members in support of the ongoing efforts to tighten the
> FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(), correctly instrument array indexing
> with UBSAN_BOUNDS, and to globally enable -fstrict-flex-arrays=3.
>
> Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member in struct key_vector.
>
> This results in no differences in binary output.
>
> [1] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

> ---
> net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
> index 452ff177e4da..c88bf856c443 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct key_vector {
> /* This list pointer if valid if (pos | bits) == 0 (LEAF) */
> struct hlist_head leaf;
> /* This array is valid if (pos | bits) > 0 (TNODE) */
> - struct key_vector __rcu *tnode[0];
> + DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct key_vector __rcu *, tnode);
> };
> };
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>