linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: aacraid: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:45:58 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Adaptec OEM Raid Solutions <aacraid@...rosemi.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: aacraid: Replace one-element array with
 flexible-array member

Hi Martin,

On 4/12/21 23:52, Martin K. Petersen wrote:

> Silencing analyzer warnings shouldn't be done at the expense of human
> readers. If it is imperative to switch to flex_array_size() to quiesce
> checker warnings, please add a comment in the code explaining that the
> size evaluates to nseg_new-1 sge_ieee1212 structs.

Done:
	https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210413054032.GA276102@embeddedor/

Thanks!
--
Gustavo