[PATCH net-next] rxrpc: Replace fake flex-array with flexible-array member

From: David Howells
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 09:09:59 EST



From: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Zero-length arrays as fake flexible arrays are deprecated and we are
moving towards adopting C99 flexible-array members instead.

Transform zero-length array into flexible-array member in struct
rxrpc_ackpacket.

Address the following warnings found with GCC-13 and
-fstrict-flex-arrays=3 enabled:
net/rxrpc/call_event.c:149:38: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of ‘uint8_t[0]’ {aka ‘unsigned char[]’} [-Warray-bounds=]

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/21
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/263
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-October/602902.html [1]
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZAZT11n4q5bBttW0@work/
---
net/rxrpc/protocol.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/protocol.h b/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
index 6760cb99c6d6..e8ee4af43ca8 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
+++ b/net/rxrpc/protocol.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct rxrpc_ackpacket {
uint8_t nAcks; /* number of ACKs */
#define RXRPC_MAXACKS 255

- uint8_t acks[0]; /* list of ACK/NAKs */
+ uint8_t acks[]; /* list of ACK/NAKs */
#define RXRPC_ACK_TYPE_NACK 0
#define RXRPC_ACK_TYPE_ACK 1