linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] net/sched: act_pedit: Use flex_array

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Message-Id: <20200730.173942.1496956070313199707.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:39:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     gustavoars@...nel.org
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] net/sched: act_pedit: Use flex_array_size()
 helper in memcpy()

From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:17:00 -0500

> Make use of the flex_array_size() helper to calculate the size of a
> flexible array member within an enclosing structure.
> 
> This helper offers defense-in-depth against potential integer
> overflows, while at the same time makes it explicitly clear that
> we are dealing with a flexible array member.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Applied.