Re: [PATCH] ARM: ixp4xx: Replace 0-length arrays with flexible arrays

[Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 12:58:37AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 10:57 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> 
> > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace npe_load_firmware's
> > union of 0-length arrays with flexible arrays. Detected with GCC 13,
> > using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
> >
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c: In function 'npe_load_firmware':
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:60: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of 'u32[0]' {aka 'unsigned int[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
> >   570 |                         image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> > include/uapi/linux/swab.h:115:54: note: in definition of macro '__swab32'
> >   115 | #define __swab32(x) (__u32)__builtin_bswap32((__u32)(x))
> >       |                                                      ^
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:570:42: note: in expansion of macro 'swab32'
> >   570 |                         image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
> >       |                                          ^~~~~~
> > drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe.c:522:29: note: while referencing 'data'
> >   522 |                         u32 data[0];
> >       |                             ^~~~
> >
> > [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
> >
> > Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@piap.pl>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> Looks good to me:
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Thanks!

> Do you need me to funnel this to the SoC tree or do you have
> some quickpath for fixes like this?

I'll take it via my tree if unless you'd rather it go through yours.
Most maintainers take these directly, but some don't want to. I'm
flexible! :)

-- 
Kees Cook