linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] sparc: Replace one-element array with flexible array member

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Message-Id: <8EAE9B99-EB4F-4361-9C7C-4DBC4998F439@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:03:51 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>,
 Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
 Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
 sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sparc: Replace one-element array with flexible array
 member

On 11. Nov 2024, at 21:47, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace the deprecated one-element array with a modern flexible array
> member in the struct hvtramp_descr.
> 
> Additionally, 15 unnecessary bytes were allocated for hdesc, but instead
> of fixing the parentheses in the open-coded version, use struct_size()
> to calculate the correct number of bytes.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
> ---

If this justifies a Fixes: tag, it should probably be:

Fixes: 64658743fdd4 ("[SPARC64]: Remove most limitations to kernel image size.")

Thanks,
Thorsten