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Message-ID: <202410281637.68A4BCF7@keescook>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:37:14 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4][next] uapi: net: Avoid
 -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 03:14:31PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end was introduced in GCC-14, and we are
> getting ready to enable it, globally.
> 
> Address the following warnings by changing the type of the middle struct
> members in a couple of composite structs, which are currently causing
> trouble, from `struct sockaddr` to `struct __kernel_sockaddr_legacy` in 
> UAPI, and `struct sockaddr_legacy` for the rest of the kernel code.
> 
> include/uapi/linux/route.h:33:25: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> include/uapi/linux/route.h:34:25: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> include/uapi/linux/route.h:35:25: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
> include/net/compat.h:34:25: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> include/net/compat.h:35:25: warning: structure containing a flexible array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> 
> Also, update some related code, accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Looks right, including the helper prototype update.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>

-- 
Kees Cook

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