Re: [PATCH] ARM: ixp4xx: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Sat Jan 07 2023 - 18:59:16 EST


On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:57 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace npe_load_firmware's
> union of 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. Detected with GCC 13,
> using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
>
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c: In function 'npe_load_firmware':
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:60: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of 'u32[0]' {aka 'unsigned int[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
> 570 | image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> include/uapi/linux/swab.h:115:54: note: in definition of macro '__swab32'
> 115 | #define __swab32(x) (__u32)__builtin_bswap32((__u32)(x))
> | ^
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:42: note: in expansion of macro 'swab32'
> 570 | image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> | ^~~~~~
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:522:29: note: while referencing 'data'
> 522 | u32 data[0];
> | ^~~~
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Do you need me to funnel this to the SoC tree or do you have
some quickpath for fixes like this?

Yours,
Linus Walleij