[PATCH] [next] i915/gvt: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

From: Paulo Miguel Almeida
Date: Mon Dec 19 2022 - 22:41:33 EST


One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with
flexible array members instead. So, replace one-element array with
flexible-array member in struct gvt_firmware_header and refactor the
rest of the code accordingly.

Additionally, previous implementation was allocating 8 bytes more than
required to represent firmware_header + cfg_space data + mmio data.

This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [1].

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101836 [1]
Signed-off-by: Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@xxxxxxxxx>
---
To make reviewing this patch easier, I'm pasting before/after struct
sizes.

pahole -C gvt_firmware_header before/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.o
struct gvt_firmware_header {
u64 magic; /* 0 8 */
u32 crc32; /* 8 4 */
u32 version; /* 12 4 */
u64 cfg_space_size; /* 16 8 */
u64 cfg_space_offset; /* 24 8 */
u64 mmio_size; /* 32 8 */
u64 mmio_offset; /* 40 8 */
unsigned char data[1]; /* 48 1 */

/* size: 56, cachelines: 1, members: 8 */
/* padding: 7 */
/* last cacheline: 56 bytes */
};

pahole -C gvt_firmware_header after/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.o
struct gvt_firmware_header {
u64 magic; /* 0 8 */
u32 crc32; /* 8 4 */
u32 version; /* 12 4 */
u64 cfg_space_size; /* 16 8 */
u64 cfg_space_offset; /* 24 8 */
u64 mmio_size; /* 32 8 */
u64 mmio_offset; /* 40 8 */
unsigned char data[]; /* 48 0 */

/* size: 48, cachelines: 1, members: 8 */
/* last cacheline: 48 bytes */
};

As you can see the additional byte of the fake-flexible array (data[1])
forced the compiler to pad the struct but those bytes aren't actually used
as first & last bytes (of both cfg_space and mmio) are controlled by the
<>_size and <>_offset members present in the gvt_firmware_header struct.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
index a683c22d5b64..dce93738e98a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct gvt_firmware_header {
u64 cfg_space_offset; /* offset in the file */
u64 mmio_size;
u64 mmio_offset; /* offset in the file */
- unsigned char data[1];
+ unsigned char data[];
};

#define dev_to_drm_minor(d) dev_get_drvdata((d))
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int expose_firmware_sysfs(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
unsigned long size, crc32_start;
int ret;

- size = sizeof(*h) + info->mmio_size + info->cfg_space_size;
+ size = offsetof(struct gvt_firmware_header, data) + info->mmio_size + info->cfg_space_size;
firmware = vzalloc(size);
if (!firmware)
return -ENOMEM;
--
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