Re: [PATCH][next] readdir: Replace one-element arrays with flexible-array members

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:30:36 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 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 multiple structures.
> 
> Address the following -Wstringop-overflow warnings seen when built
> m68k architecture with m5307c3_defconfig configuration:
> In function '__put_user_fn',
>     inlined from 'fillonedir' at fs/readdir.c:170:2:
> include/asm-generic/uaccess.h:49:35: warning: writing 1 byte into a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
>    49 |                 *(u8 __force *)to = *(u8 *)from;
>       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> fs/readdir.c: In function 'fillonedir':
> fs/readdir.c:134:25: note: at offset 1 into destination object 'd_name' of size 1
>   134 |         char            d_name[1];
>       |                         ^~~~~~
> In function '__put_user_fn',
>     inlined from 'filldir' at fs/readdir.c:257:2:
> include/asm-generic/uaccess.h:49:35: warning: writing 1 byte into a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overflow=]
>    49 |                 *(u8 __force *)to = *(u8 *)from;
>       |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> fs/readdir.c: In function 'filldir':
> fs/readdir.c:211:25: note: at offset 1 into destination object 'd_name' of size 1
>   211 |         char            d_name[1];
>       |                         ^~~~~~
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] readdir: Replace one-element arrays with flexible-array members
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2507135e4ff2