[PATCH] ath11k: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

[PATCH] ath11k: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
introduced in C99:

struct foo {
        int stuff;
        struct boo array[];
};

By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.

Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
this change:

"Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]

sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.

This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
[2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
[3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug.h           | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug_htt_stats.h | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_desc.h        | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_rx.h          | 2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h              | 2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.h             | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug.h
index 97e7306c506d..c7edf946ff5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct debug_htt_stats_req {
 	u8 peer_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	struct completion cmpln;
 	u32 buf_len;
-	u8 buf[0];
+	u8 buf[];
 };
 
 struct ath_pktlog_hdr {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct ath_pktlog_hdr {
 	u16 size;
 	u32 timestamp;
 	u32 type_specific_data;
-	u8 payload[0];
+	u8 payload[];
 };
 
 #define ATH11K_HTT_STATS_BUF_SIZE (1024 * 512)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug_htt_stats.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug_htt_stats.h
index 23a6baa9e95a..682a6ff222bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug_htt_stats.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/debug_htt_stats.h
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct htt_tx_pdev_stats_tx_ppdu_stats_tlv_v {
  */
 struct htt_tx_pdev_stats_tried_mpdu_cnt_hist_tlv_v {
 	u32 hist_bin_size;
-	u32 tried_mpdu_cnt_hist[0]; /* HTT_TX_PDEV_TRIED_MPDU_CNT_HIST */
+	u32 tried_mpdu_cnt_hist[]; /* HTT_TX_PDEV_TRIED_MPDU_CNT_HIST */
 };
 
 /* == SOC ERROR STATS == */
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ struct htt_tx_hwq_stats_cmn_tlv {
 struct htt_tx_hwq_difs_latency_stats_tlv_v {
 	u32 hist_intvl;
 	/* histogram of ppdu post to hwsch - > cmd status received */
-	u32 difs_latency_hist[0]; /* HTT_TX_HWQ_MAX_DIFS_LATENCY_BINS */
+	u32 difs_latency_hist[]; /* HTT_TX_HWQ_MAX_DIFS_LATENCY_BINS */
 };
 
 /* NOTE: Variable length TLV, use length spec to infer array size */
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ struct htt_tx_hwq_fes_result_stats_tlv_v {
 struct htt_tx_hwq_tried_mpdu_cnt_hist_tlv_v {
 	u32 hist_bin_size;
 	/* Histogram of number of mpdus on tried mpdu */
-	u32 tried_mpdu_cnt_hist[0]; /* HTT_TX_HWQ_TRIED_MPDU_CNT_HIST */
+	u32 tried_mpdu_cnt_hist[]; /* HTT_TX_HWQ_TRIED_MPDU_CNT_HIST */
 };
 
 /* NOTE: Variable length TLV, use length spec to infer array size
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ struct htt_pdev_stats_twt_session_tlv {
 struct htt_pdev_stats_twt_sessions_tlv {
 	u32 pdev_id;
 	u32 num_sessions;
-	struct htt_pdev_stats_twt_session_tlv twt_session[0];
+	struct htt_pdev_stats_twt_session_tlv twt_session[];
 };
 
 enum htt_rx_reo_resource_sample_id_enum {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_desc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_desc.h
index 5e200380cca4..a1f747c1c44d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_desc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_desc.h
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ enum hal_tlv_tag {
 
 struct hal_tlv_hdr {
 	u32 tl;
-	u8 value[0];
+	u8 value[];
 } __packed;
 
 #define RX_MPDU_DESC_INFO0_MSDU_COUNT		GENMASK(7, 0)
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ struct hal_rx_reo_queue {
 	u32 processed_total_bytes;
 	u32 info5;
 	u32 rsvd[3];
-	struct hal_rx_reo_queue_ext ext_desc[0];
+	struct hal_rx_reo_queue_ext ext_desc[];
 } __packed;
 
 /* hal_rx_reo_queue
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_rx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_rx.h
index e863e4abfcc1..c436191ae1e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal_rx.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct hal_rx_wbm_rel_info {
 
 struct hal_rx_mon_status_tlv_hdr {
 	u32 hdr;
-	u8 value[0];
+	u8 value[];
 };
 
 enum hal_rx_su_mu_coding {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h
index 9973477ae373..cdec95644758 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hw.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ struct ath11k_hw_params {
 struct ath11k_fw_ie {
 	__le32 id;
 	__le32 len;
-	u8 data[0];
+	u8 data[];
 };
 
 enum ath11k_bd_ie_board_type {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.h
index 510f9c6bc1d7..717e87db91cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct wmi_cmd_hdr {
 
 struct wmi_tlv {
 	u32 header;
-	u8 value[0];
+	u8 value[];
 } __packed;
 
 #define WMI_TLV_LEN	GENMASK(15, 0)
-- 
2.26.2

Re: [PATCH] ath11k: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

[Kalle Valo]

"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com> wrote:

> The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language
> extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare
> variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2],
> introduced in C99:
> 
> struct foo {
>         int stuff;
>         struct boo array[];
> };
> 
> By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning
> in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which
> will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being
> inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on.
> 
> Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by
> this change:
> 
> "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator
> may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of
> zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1]
> 
> sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
> members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
> which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
> zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
> some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
> help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
> 
> This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle.
> 
> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html
> [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21
> [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

14dd3a71ccb7 ath11k: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11527611/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches