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Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 16:35:14 -0500
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
"Latif, Faisal" <faisal.latif@...el.com>,
Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
"Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH][next] i40e: Replace one-element array
with flexible-array member
On 5/26/21 16:29, Saleem, Shiraz wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH][next] i40e: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
>>
>> 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].
>>
>> Refactor the code according to the use of a flexible-array member in struct
>> i40e_qvlist_info instead of one-element array, and use the struct_size() helper.
>>
>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
>> [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-
>> and-one-element-arrays
>>
>> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
>
> This looks ok to me.
> Acked-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
>
> It seems we should add this to the new irdma driver submission as well which replaces i40iw.
> I will fold it into v7 of the rdma portion of the series
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20210520200326.GX1096940@ziepe.ca/
OK. Just please, when you fold it, add my Signed-off-by tag like this:
[flexible array transformation]
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Thanks
--
Gustavo
> Additionally we will add this patch when we resend this PR on iwl-next.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/62555c6de641e10cb4169653731389a51d086345.camel@intel.com/
>
>
>> ---
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c | 5 ++---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c | 2 +-
>> include/linux/net/intel/i40e_client.h | 2 +-
>> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
>> b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
>> index b496f30ce066..364f69cd620f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
>> @@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ static enum i40iw_status_code
>> i40iw_save_msix_info(struct i40iw_device *iwdev,
>> struct i40e_qv_info *iw_qvinfo;
>> u32 ceq_idx;
>> u32 i;
>> - u32 size;
>> + size_t size;
>>
>> if (!ldev->msix_count) {
>> i40iw_pr_err("No MSI-X vectors\n");
>> @@ -1433,8 +1433,7 @@ static enum i40iw_status_code
>> i40iw_save_msix_info(struct i40iw_device *iwdev,
>> iwdev->msix_count = ldev->msix_count;
>>
>> size = sizeof(struct i40iw_msix_vector) * iwdev->msix_count;
>> - size += sizeof(struct i40e_qvlist_info);
>> - size += sizeof(struct i40e_qv_info) * iwdev->msix_count - 1;
>> + size += struct_size(iw_qvlist, qv_info, iwdev->msix_count);
>> iwdev->iw_msixtbl = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>>
>> if (!iwdev->iw_msixtbl)
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c
>> index 32f3facbed1a..63eab14a26df 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c
>> @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int i40e_client_setup_qvlist(struct i40e_info *ldev,
>> u32 v_idx, i, reg_idx, reg;
>>
>> ldev->qvlist_info = kzalloc(struct_size(ldev->qvlist_info, qv_info,
>> - qvlist_info->num_vectors - 1), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + qvlist_info->num_vectors), GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!ldev->qvlist_info)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> ldev->qvlist_info->num_vectors = qvlist_info->num_vectors; diff --git
>> a/include/linux/net/intel/i40e_client.h b/include/linux/net/intel/i40e_client.h
>> index f41387a8969f..fd7bc860a241 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/net/intel/i40e_client.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/net/intel/i40e_client.h
>> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct i40e_qv_info {
>>
>> struct i40e_qvlist_info {
>> u32 num_vectors;
>> - struct i40e_qv_info qv_info[1];
>> + struct i40e_qv_info qv_info[];
>> };
>>
>>
>> --
>> 2.27.0
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