[PATCH][next] dlm: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

[PATCH][next] dlm: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

[Paulo Miguel Almeida]

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One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with
flexible array members instead. So, replace one-element array with
flexible-array member in struct dlm_ls, and refactor the rest of the
code, accordingly.

We strive to make changes that don't produce any before/after binary
output differeces as that makes it easier for the reviewer to accept the
patch. In this particular instance, it wasn't possible to achieve this
due to the fact that the ls_name[1] size, which is used as the
NUL-terminator space, was hidden within the struct's padding as shown
below.

$ diff <(objdump -M intel -j .text -D dlm.old) <(objdump -M intel -j
.text -D dlm.new)

13778c13778
<     c693:	49 8d bc 24 c0 08 00 	lea    rdi,[r12+0x8c0]
---
>     c693:	49 8d bc 24 c1 08 00 	lea    rdi,[r12+0x8c1]

$ pahole dlm.old -C dlm_ls
...
	int                        ls_namelen;           /*  2232     4 */
	char                       ls_name[1];           /*  2236     1 */

	/* size: 2240, cachelines: 35, members: 90 */
	/* sum members: 2166, holes: 17, sum holes: 71 */
	/* padding: 3 */
	/* paddings: 3, sum paddings: 17 */
	/* forced alignments: 1 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(8)));

$ pahole dlm.new -C dlm_ls
...
	int                        ls_namelen;           /*  2232     4 */
	char                       ls_name[];            /*  2236     0 */

	/* size: 2240, cachelines: 35, members: 90 */
	/* sum members: 2165, holes: 17, sum holes: 71 */
	/* padding: 4 */
	/* paddings: 3, sum paddings: 17 */
	/* forced alignments: 1 */
} __attribute__((__aligned__(8)));


This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [1].

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/228
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101836 [1]

Signed-off-by: Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com>
---
 fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h | 2 +-
 fs/dlm/lockspace.c    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
index e34c3d2639a5..ce2e32ed2ede 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/dlm_internal.h
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ struct dlm_ls {
 	void			*ls_ops_arg;
 
 	int			ls_namelen;
-	char			ls_name[1];
+	char			ls_name[];
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index bae050df7abf..c3a36f3197da 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, const char *cluster,
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 
-	ls = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dlm_ls) + namelen, GFP_NOFS);
+	ls = kzalloc(sizeof(struct dlm_ls) + namelen + 1, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ls)
 		goto out;
 	memcpy(ls->ls_name, name, namelen);
-- 
2.37.3

Re: [PATCH][next] dlm: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Oct 09, 2022 at 12:06:21PM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote:
> paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com
> Bcc: 
> Subject: [PATCH][next] dlm: Replace one-element array with flexible-array
>  member
> Reply-To: 

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