linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3][next] integrity: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

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Message-ID: <afa0afb7-f756-45d0-97ab-44205e984199@embeddedor.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:49:29 -0600
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>,
 Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
 Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
 James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3][next] integrity: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
 warnings



On 3/21/24 07:58, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 22:11 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end is coming in GCC-14, and we are getting
>> ready to enable it globally.
>>
>> There is currently an object (`hdr)` in `struct ima_max_digest_data`
>> that contains a flexible structure (`struct ima_digest_data`):
>>
>>   struct ima_max_digest_data {
>> 	struct ima_digest_data hdr;
>>          u8 digest[HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE];
>>   } __packed;
>>
>> So, in order to avoid ending up with a flexible-array member in the
>> middle of a struct, we use the `__struct_group()` helper to separate
>> the flexible array from the rest of the members in the flexible
>> structure:
>>
>> struct ima_digest_data {
>>          __struct_group(ima_digest_data_hdr, hdr, __packed,
>>
>> 	... the rest of the members
>>
>>          );
>>          u8 digest[];
>> } __packed;
>>
>> With the change described above, we can now declare an object of the
>> type of the tagged `struct ima_digest_data_hdr`, without embedding the
>> flexible array in the middle of another struct:
>>
>>   struct ima_max_digest_data {
>>          struct ima_digest_data_hdr hdr;
>>          u8 digest[HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE];
>>   } __packed;
>>
> 
> And similarly for 'struct evm_digest'.

Yes. :)

> 
> 
>> We also use `container_of()` whenever we need to retrieve a pointer to
>> the flexible structure.
>>
>> So, with these changes, fix the following warnings:
>>
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
> 
> I assume these messages are gone.

Yes. :)

Thanks
--
Gustavo