* [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
@ 2022-02-16 19:50 Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-02-16 20:35 ` Kees Cook
2022-04-06 7:19 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva @ 2022-02-16 19:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Luca Coelho, Kalle Valo, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski
Cc: linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, Gustavo A. R. Silva,
linux-hardening
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].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
index 11e3009121cc..be1456dea484 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/sap.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct iwl_sap_hdr {
__le16 type;
__le16 len;
__le32 seq_num;
- u8 payload[0];
+ u8 payload[];
};
/**
--
2.27.0
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* Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2022-02-16 19:50 [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member Gustavo A. R. Silva
@ 2022-02-16 20:35 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-26 0:41 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-04-06 7:19 ` Kalle Valo
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kees Cook @ 2022-02-16 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Cc: Luca Coelho, Kalle Valo, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, linux-hardening
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:50:30PM -0600, 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].
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
--
Kees Cook
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* Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2022-02-16 20:35 ` Kees Cook
@ 2022-03-26 0:41 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-03-28 5:48 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva @ 2022-03-26 0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kees Cook
Cc: Luca Coelho, Kalle Valo, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, linux-hardening
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 12:35:22PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:50:30PM -0600, 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].
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> > [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Hi all,
Friendly ping: can someone take this, please?
...I can take this in my -next tree in the meantime.
Thanks
--
Gustavo
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* Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2022-03-26 0:41 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
@ 2022-03-28 5:48 ` Kalle Valo
2022-04-01 8:10 ` Coelho, Luciano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2022-03-28 5:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Cc: Kees Cook, Luca Coelho, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, linux-hardening
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 12:35:22PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:50:30PM -0600, 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].
>> >
>> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
>> > [2]
>> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>> >
>> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
>> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Friendly ping: can someone take this, please?
>
> ...I can take this in my -next tree in the meantime.
I'll take this. Luca, ack?
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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* Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2022-03-28 5:48 ` Kalle Valo
@ 2022-04-01 8:10 ` Coelho, Luciano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Coelho, Luciano @ 2022-04-01 8:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kvalo, gustavoars
Cc: keescook, linux-wireless, linux-kernel, davem, kuba,
linux-hardening, netdev
On Mon, 2022-03-28 at 08:48 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 12:35:22PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:50:30PM -0600, 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].
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> > > > [2]
> > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> > > >
> > > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
> > > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Friendly ping: can someone take this, please?
> >
> > ...I can take this in my -next tree in the meantime.
>
> I'll take this. Luca, ack?
Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
--
Cheers,
Luca.
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* Re: [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
2022-02-16 19:50 [PATCH][next] iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member Gustavo A. R. Silva
2022-02-16 20:35 ` Kees Cook
@ 2022-04-06 7:19 ` Kalle Valo
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2022-04-06 7:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Cc: Luca Coelho, David S. Miller, Jakub Kicinski, linux-wireless,
netdev, linux-kernel, Gustavo A. R. Silva, linux-hardening
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org> 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].
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.16/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/78
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
c5f675748cf0 iwlwifi: mei: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220216195030.GA904170@embeddedor/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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