linux-kernel - [PATCH] ovl: Replace offsetof() with struct_size() in ovl_cache_entry

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Message-ID: <20250503091535.280888-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Sat,  3 May 2025 11:15:36 +0200
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ovl: Replace offsetof() with struct_size() in ovl_cache_entry_new()

Compared to offsetof(), struct_size() provides additional compile-time
checks for structs with flexible arrays (e.g., __must_be_array()).

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 881ec5592da5..1ae4a488af92 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
 						   u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
-	size_t size = offsetof(struct ovl_cache_entry, name[len + 1]);
 
-	p = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	p = kmalloc(struct_size(p, name, len + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.49.0