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

From: David Ahern
Date: Fri Nov 18 2022 - 10:41:22 EST


On 11/17/22 9:21 PM, 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>
> ---
> net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>