From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>,
Justin Tee <justin.tee@broadcom.com>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: fc: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:53:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq1seheonya.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aJtMETERd-geyP1q@kspp> (Gustavo A. R. Silva's message of "Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:13:37 +0900")
James & Justin,
Please help review Gustavo's patch.
I also noticed that Justin is not listed as lpfc maintainer. Please
submit patch. Thanks!
> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end has been introduced in GCC-14, and we
> are getting ready to enable it, globally.
>
> So, in order to avoid ending up with a flexible-array member in the
> middle of multiple other structs, we use the `__struct_group()`
> helper to create a new tagged `struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr`.
> This structure groups together all the members of the flexible
> `struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg` except the flexible array.
>
> As a result, the array is effectively separated from the rest of the
> members without modifying the memory layout of the flexible structure.
> We then change the type of the middle struct members currently causing
> trouble from `struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg` to `struct
> fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr`.
>
> We also want to ensure that in case new members need to be added to the
> flexible structure, they are always included within the newly created
> tagged struct. For this, we use `_Static_assert()`. This ensures that
> the memory layout for both the flexible structure and the new tagged
> struct is the same after any changes.
>
> This approach avoids having to implement `struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr`
> as a completely separate structure, thus preventing having to maintain
> two independent but basically identical structures, closing the door
> to potential bugs in the future.
>
> The above is also done for flexible `struct fc_els_rdf`.
>
> So, with these changes, fix the following warnings:
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h:4936:41: warning: structure containing a
> flexible array member is not at the end of another structure
> [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h:4942:41: warning: structure containing a
> flexible array member is not at the end of another structure
> [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h:4947:41: warning: structure containing a
> flexible array member is not at the end of another structure
> [-Wflex-array-member-not-at-end]
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h | 4 ++--
> include/uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h
> index dcd7204d4eec..e319858c88ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw4.h
> @@ -4909,13 +4909,13 @@ struct send_frame_wqe {
>
> #define ELS_RDF_REG_TAG_CNT 4
> struct lpfc_els_rdf_reg_desc {
> - struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg reg_desc; /* descriptor header */
> + struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr reg_desc; /* descriptor header */
> __be32 desc_tags[ELS_RDF_REG_TAG_CNT];
> /* tags in reg_desc */
> };
>
> struct lpfc_els_rdf_req {
> - struct fc_els_rdf rdf; /* hdr up to descriptors */
> + struct fc_els_rdf_hdr rdf; /* hdr up to descriptors */
> struct lpfc_els_rdf_reg_desc reg_d1; /* 1st descriptor */
> };
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h b/include/uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h
> index 16782c360de3..81b9f87943f4 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <asm/byteorder.h>
>
> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> +#include <linux/stddef.h> /* for offsetof */
> +#else
> +#include <stddef.h> /* for offsetof */
> +#endif
> +
> /*
> * Fibre Channel Switch - Enhanced Link Services definitions.
> * From T11 FC-LS Rev 1.2 June 7, 2005.
> @@ -1109,12 +1115,15 @@ struct fc_els_fpin {
>
> /* Diagnostic Function Descriptor - FPIN Registration */
> struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg {
> - __be32 desc_tag; /* FPIN Registration (0x00030001) */
> - __be32 desc_len; /* Length of Descriptor (in bytes).
> - * Size of descriptor excluding
> - * desc_tag and desc_len fields.
> - */
> - __be32 count; /* Number of desc_tags elements */
> + /* New members MUST be added within the __struct_group() macro below. */
> + __struct_group(fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr, hdr, /* no attrs */,
> + __be32 desc_tag; /* FPIN Registration (0x00030001) */
> + __be32 desc_len; /* Length of Descriptor (in bytes).
> + * Size of descriptor excluding
> + * desc_tag and desc_len fields.
> + */
> + __be32 count; /* Number of desc_tags elements */
> + );
> __be32 desc_tags[]; /* Array of Descriptor Tags.
> * Each tag indicates a function
> * supported by the N_Port (request)
> @@ -1124,19 +1133,26 @@ struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg {
> * See ELS_FN_DTAG_xxx for tag values.
> */
> };
> +_Static_assert(offsetof(struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg, desc_tags) == sizeof(struct fc_df_desc_fpin_reg_hdr),
> + "struct member likely outside of __struct_group()");
>
> /*
> * ELS_RDF - Register Diagnostic Functions
> */
> struct fc_els_rdf {
> - __u8 fpin_cmd; /* command (0x19) */
> - __u8 fpin_zero[3]; /* specified as zero - part of cmd */
> - __be32 desc_len; /* Length of Descriptor List (in bytes).
> - * Size of ELS excluding fpin_cmd,
> - * fpin_zero and desc_len fields.
> - */
> + /* New members MUST be added within the __struct_group() macro below. */
> + __struct_group(fc_els_rdf_hdr, hdr, /* no attrs */,
> + __u8 fpin_cmd; /* command (0x19) */
> + __u8 fpin_zero[3]; /* specified as zero - part of cmd */
> + __be32 desc_len; /* Length of Descriptor List (in bytes).
> + * Size of ELS excluding fpin_cmd,
> + * fpin_zero and desc_len fields.
> + */
> + );
> struct fc_tlv_desc desc[]; /* Descriptor list */
> };
> +_Static_assert(offsetof(struct fc_els_rdf, desc) == sizeof(struct fc_els_rdf_hdr),
> + "struct member likely outside of __struct_group()");
>
> /*
> * ELS RDF LS_ACC Response.
--
Martin K. Petersen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-12 14:13 [PATCH][next] scsi: fc: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-08-26 1:53 ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2025-08-26 23:13 ` Justin Tee
2025-08-27 5:54 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
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