Re: [PATCH 1/2][next] scsi: lpfc: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue May 23 2023 - 16:30:00 EST


On May 23, 2023 12:46:54 PM PDT, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>On 5/23/23 11:31, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 06:02:21PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
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>>> Gustavo,
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>>>> One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with flexible
>>>> array members instead. So, replace one-element arrays with flexible-array
>>>> members in a couple of structures, and refactor the rest of the code,
>>>> accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> 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].
>>>>
>>>> This results in no differences in binary output.
>>>
>>> Applied to 6.5/scsi-staging, thanks!
>>
>> Martin, I think this patch is not right -- can you drop this from
>> staging for the moment?
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>Martin just took patch 1/2, which is correct:
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>https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi.git/commit/?h=6.5/scsi-staging&id=e90644b0ce2d700a65579ac74ff594414e8ba30f

Oops, yes, I thought both got pulled. 1/2 is fine. :)

-Kees


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Kees Cook