Re: [PATCH v2][next] media: venus: hfi_msgs.h: Replace one-element arrays with flexible-array members

["Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>]

Hi all,

Friendly ping: who can take this, please?

Thanks
--
Gustavo

On 6/3/21 19:43, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having
> a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code
> should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older
> style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2].
> 
> Use flexible-array members in struct hfi_msg_sys_property_info_pkt and
> hfi_msg_session_property_info_pkt instead of one-element arrays, and
> refactor the code accordingly.
> 
> Also, this helps with the ongoing efforts to enable -Warray-bounds by
> fixing the following warnings:
> 
>   CC [M]  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.o
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c: In function ‘hfi_sys_property_info’:
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c:246:35: warning: array subscript 1 is above array bounds of ‘u32[1]’ {aka ‘unsigned int[1]’} [-Warray-bounds]
>   246 |  if (req_bytes < 128 || !pkt->data[1] || pkt->num_properties > 1)
>       |                          ~~~~~~~~~^~~
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c: In function ‘hfi_session_prop_info’:
> drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c:342:62: warning: array subscript 1 is above array bounds of ‘u32[1]’ {aka ‘unsigned int[1]’} [-Warray-bounds]
>   342 |  if (!req_bytes || req_bytes % sizeof(*buf_req) || !pkt->data[1])
>       |                                                     ~~~~~~~~~^~~
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/109
> Co-developed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>  - Fix packet size calculation by adding member _property_ to
>    both structutures hfi_msg_sys_property_info_pkt and
>    hfi_msg_session_property_info_pkt, and refactor the code
>    accordingly.
> 
> JFYI: We are about to be able to globally enable -Warray-bounds and,
> these are pretty much the last out-of-bounds warnings in linux-next. :)
> 
>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h |  6 ++++--
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c
> index a2d436d407b2..d9fde66f6fa8 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.c
> @@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ sys_get_prop_image_version(struct device *dev,
>  
>  	req_bytes = pkt->hdr.size - sizeof(*pkt);
>  
> -	if (req_bytes < VER_STR_SZ || !pkt->data[1] || pkt->num_properties > 1)
> +	if (req_bytes < VER_STR_SZ || !pkt->data[0] || pkt->num_properties > 1)
>  		/* bad packet */
>  		return;
>  
> -	img_ver = (u8 *)&pkt->data[1];
> +	img_ver = pkt->data;
>  
>  	dev_dbg(dev, VDBGL "F/W version: %s\n", img_ver);
>  
> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static void hfi_sys_property_info(struct venus_core *core,
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	switch (pkt->data[0]) {
> +	switch (pkt->property) {
>  	case HFI_PROPERTY_SYS_IMAGE_VERSION:
>  		sys_get_prop_image_version(dev, pkt);
>  		break;
> @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ session_get_prop_profile_level(struct hfi_msg_session_property_info_pkt *pkt,
>  		/* bad packet */
>  		return HFI_ERR_SESSION_INVALID_PARAMETER;
>  
> -	hfi = (struct hfi_profile_level *)&pkt->data[1];
> +	hfi = (struct hfi_profile_level *)&pkt->data[0];
>  	profile_level->profile = hfi->profile;
>  	profile_level->level = hfi->level;
>  
> @@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ session_get_prop_buf_req(struct hfi_msg_session_property_info_pkt *pkt,
>  
>  	req_bytes = pkt->shdr.hdr.size - sizeof(*pkt);
>  
> -	if (!req_bytes || req_bytes % sizeof(*buf_req) || !pkt->data[1])
> +	if (!req_bytes || req_bytes % sizeof(*buf_req) || !pkt->data[0])
>  		/* bad packet */
>  		return HFI_ERR_SESSION_INVALID_PARAMETER;
>  
> -	buf_req = (struct hfi_buffer_requirements *)&pkt->data[1];
> +	buf_req = (struct hfi_buffer_requirements *)&pkt->data[0];
>  	if (!buf_req)
>  		return HFI_ERR_SESSION_INVALID_PARAMETER;
>  
> @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static void hfi_session_prop_info(struct venus_core *core,
>  		goto done;
>  	}
>  
> -	switch (pkt->data[0]) {
> +	switch (pkt->property) {
>  	case HFI_PROPERTY_CONFIG_BUFFER_REQUIREMENTS:
>  		memset(hprop->bufreq, 0, sizeof(hprop->bufreq));
>  		error = session_get_prop_buf_req(pkt, hprop->bufreq);
> @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void hfi_session_prop_info(struct venus_core *core,
>  	case HFI_PROPERTY_CONFIG_VDEC_ENTROPY:
>  		break;
>  	default:
> -		dev_dbg(dev, VDBGM "unknown property id:%x\n", pkt->data[0]);
> +		dev_dbg(dev, VDBGM "unknown property id:%x\n", pkt->property);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> index 526d9f5b487b..510513697335 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_msgs.h
> @@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ struct hfi_msg_sys_ping_ack_pkt {
>  struct hfi_msg_sys_property_info_pkt {
>  	struct hfi_pkt_hdr hdr;
>  	u32 num_properties;
> -	u32 data[1];
> +	u32 property;
> +	u8 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_load_resources_done_pkt {
> @@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ struct hfi_msg_session_parse_sequence_header_done_pkt {
>  struct hfi_msg_session_property_info_pkt {
>  	struct hfi_session_hdr_pkt shdr;
>  	u32 num_properties;
> -	u32 data[1];
> +	u32 property;
> +	u8 data[];
>  };
>  
>  struct hfi_msg_session_release_resources_done_pkt {
>