From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, ebiggers@kernel.org,
ardb@kernel.org, kees@kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jason@zx2c4.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH libcrypto v2 2/3] compiler: introduce at_least parameter decoration pseudo keyword
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:45:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aSEj0GvbFjwlDbVM@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251120011022.1558674-2-Jason@zx2c4.com>
Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * This designates the minimum number of elements a passed array parameter must
> + * have. For example:
> + *
> + * void some_function(u8 param[at_least 7]);
> + *
> + * If a caller passes an array with fewer than 7 elements, the compiler will
> + * emit a warning.
> + */
> +#define at_least static
Please make this conditional on __CHECKER__ as sparse still chokes
on the following which compiles fine with gcc and clang:
int foo(int n, int a[static n])
{
return a[0]++;
}
Thanks,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-22 2:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-20 1:10 [PATCH libcrypto v2 1/3] wifi: iwlwifi: trans: rename at_least variable to min_mode Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-20 1:10 ` [PATCH libcrypto v2 2/3] compiler: introduce at_least parameter decoration pseudo keyword Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-21 11:03 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-11-22 2:45 ` Herbert Xu [this message]
2025-11-22 2:46 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-22 3:08 ` Herbert Xu
2025-11-22 11:53 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-11-22 12:02 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-22 19:19 ` Eric Biggers
2025-11-22 19:33 ` Eric Biggers
2025-11-23 13:21 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-20 1:10 ` [PATCH libcrypto v2 3/3] crypto: chacha20poly1305: statically check fixed array lengths Jason A. Donenfeld
2025-11-21 11:04 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-11-21 11:03 ` [PATCH libcrypto v2 1/3] wifi: iwlwifi: trans: rename at_least variable to min_mode Ard Biesheuvel
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