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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>,
	James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2][next] scsi: lpfc: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 16:02:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202305171602.2C715B078F@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6c6dcab88524c14c47fd06b9332bd96162656db5.1684358315.git.gustavoars@kernel.org>

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 03:22:45PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with flexible
> array members instead. So, replace one-element arrays with flexible-array
> members in a couple of structures, and refactor the rest of the code,
> accordingly.
> 
> This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE
> routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally
> enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [1].
> 
> This results in no differences in binary output.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/295
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-October/602902.html [1]
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-17 23:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-17 21:22 [PATCH 0/2][next] scsi: lpfc: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-17 21:22 ` [PATCH 1/2][next] " Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-17 23:02   ` Kees Cook [this message]
2023-05-22 22:02   ` Martin K. Petersen
2023-05-22 22:12     ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-23 17:31     ` Kees Cook
2023-05-23 19:46       ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-23 20:29         ` Kees Cook
2023-05-17 21:23 ` [PATCH 2/2][next] scsi: lpfc: Use struct_size() helper Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-17 23:01   ` Kees Cook
2023-05-23 14:41     ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2023-05-23 17:27       ` Kees Cook
2023-06-01  0:43 ` [PATCH 0/2][next] scsi: lpfc: Replace one-element array with flexible-array member Martin K. Petersen

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