Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: Annotate struct snd_usx2y_urb_seq with __counted_by

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:50:47 +0200,
Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> Prepare for the coming implementation by GCC and Clang of the __counted_by
> attribute. Flexible array members annotated with __counted_by can have
> their accesses bounds-checked at run-time checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS
> (for array indexing) and CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE (for strcpy/memcpy-family
> functions).
> 
> As found with Coccinelle[1], add __counted_by for struct snd_usx2y_urb_seq.
> Additionally, since the element count member must be set before accessing
> the annotated flexible array member, move its initialization earlier.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kees/kernel-tools/blob/trunk/coccinelle/examples/counted_by.cocci
> 
> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi