linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] cgroup: Avoid -Wstringop-overflow warnings

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:22:19 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] cgroup: Avoid -Wstringop-overflow warnings

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 01:04:32PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I wonder if you have any suggestions on how to address this issue. As it seems that
> my last attempt caused some boot failures[1][2].
> 
> At first, I thought that the right way to fix this was through a similar fix as this
> one[3]. But it seems I'm missing something else that I cannot determine yet.
> 
> These -Wstringop-overflow warnings are mostly the last ones remaining before we can
> finally enable this compiler option, globally.
> 
> Any help or advice on how to properly address this is greatly appreciated. :)

It looks like there are only two functions which misbehave when there are no
controllers configured. Maybe just fix them so that they don't access empty
array?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun