linux-kernel - [PATCH] overflow: Clarify expectations for getting DEFINE

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Message-Id: <20250416172911.work.854-kees@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:29:15 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] overflow: Clarify expectations for getting DEFINE_FLEX variable sizes

Mention the use of __member_size() for DEFINE_FLEX variables as a hint
for getting at the compile-time size of the resulting flexible array
member.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
---
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/overflow.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index 0c7e3dcfe867..6ee67c20b575 100644
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
  * Define a zeroed, on-stack, instance of @type structure with a trailing
  * flexible array member.
  * Use __struct_size(@name) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
+ * Use __member_size(@name->member) to get compile-time size of @name members.
  */
 #define DEFINE_RAW_FLEX(type, name, member, count)	\
 	_DEFINE_FLEX(type, name, member, count, = {})
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
  * Define a zeroed, on-stack, instance of @TYPE structure with a trailing
  * flexible array member.
  * Use __struct_size(@NAME) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
+ * Use __member_size(@NAME->member) to get compile-time size of @NAME members.
  */
 #define DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNTER, COUNT)	\
 	_DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNT, = { .obj.COUNTER = COUNT, })
-- 
2.34.1