From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@inria.fr>,
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Cc: cocci@inria.fr, Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@imag.fr>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/coccinelle: Add script for using ARRAY_END()
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:17:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abblv3nCut5aRk7q@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa7XD-rk_KWQvTQX@devuan>
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Hi Markus, Julia,
On 2026-03-09T15:32:24+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > …
> > > +// Comments: No known false positives, but has a few false negatives
> >
> > Would such information motivate for any further software refinements?
>
> Yes, if anyone here knows how to handle the false negatives and wants to
> work with me on improving those, I'm very interested.
>
> Here's one case which isn't caught, for example (which I expect will be
> difficult to handle, if not impossible):
>
> @@ -2876,7 +2876,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_lookup(struct
> inode *dir, \
> { \
> return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry, \
> LSM##_attr_dir_stuff, \
> - LSM##_attr_dir_stuff + ARRAY_SIZE(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
> + ARRAY_END(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
> } \
> \
> static const struct inode_operations proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_inode_ops = { \
>
> I could research and find other false negatives.
Here are more false negatives that I found manually. The semantic patch
didn't find them. Does anyone know how we could improve it or why it
didn't find them?
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
index 8d81c1e7..d883e1bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c
@@ -555,10 +555,8 @@ static struct rtas_function rtas_function_table[] __ro_after_init = {
},
};
-#define for_each_rtas_function(funcp) \
- for (funcp = &rtas_function_table[0]; \
- funcp < &rtas_function_table[ARRAY_SIZE(rtas_function_table)]; \
- ++funcp)
+#define for_each_rtas_function(f) \
+ for (f = rtas_function_table; f < ARRAY_END(rtas_function_table); ++f)
/*
* Nearly all RTAS calls need to be serialized. All uses of the
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
index ecb38102..3e45056b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int verify_sha256_digest(void)
struct sha256_ctx sctx;
sha256_init(&sctx);
- end = purgatory_sha_regions + ARRAY_SIZE(purgatory_sha_regions);
+ end = ARRAY_END(purgatory_sha_regions);
for (ptr = purgatory_sha_regions; ptr < end; ptr++)
sha256_update(&sctx, (uint8_t *)(ptr->start), ptr->len);
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
index f61ab1ba..988b0773 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/util.h
@@ -273,9 +273,7 @@ do { \
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof((array)->data[0]) < sizeof(void *)); \
(array)->freelist = NULL; \
\
- for (_i = (array)->data; \
- _i < (array)->data + ARRAY_SIZE((array)->data); \
- _i++) \
+ for (_i = (array)->data; _i < ARRAY_END((array)->data); _i++) \
array_free(array, _i); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index 6e38aa73..c0cd2d1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -444,9 +444,7 @@ ath_node_to_tid(struct ath_node *an, u8 tidno)
#define case_rtn_string(val) case val: return #val
#define ath_for_each_chanctx(_sc, _ctx) \
- for (ctx = &sc->chanctx[0]; \
- ctx <= &sc->chanctx[ARRAY_SIZE(sc->chanctx) - 1]; \
- ctx++)
+ for (ctx = &sc->chanctx[0]; ctx <= ARRAY_END(sc->chanctx) - 1; ctx++)
void ath_chanctx_init(struct ath_softc *sc);
void ath_chanctx_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_chanctx *ctx,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/net.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/net.c
index eac46d1a..b0d2905d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mei/net.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static bool iwl_mei_rx_filter_eth(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
return false;
for (filt = &filters->eth_filters[0];
- filt < &filters->eth_filters[0] + ARRAY_SIZE(filters->eth_filters);
+ filt < ARRAY_END(filters->eth_filters);
filt++) {
/* Assume there are no enabled filter after a disabled one */
if (!(filt->flags & SAP_ETH_FILTER_ENABLED))
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ iwl_mei_rx_filter_tcp_udp(struct sk_buff *skb, bool ip_match,
const struct iwl_sap_flex_filter *filt;
for (filt = &filters->flex_filters[0];
- filt < &filters->flex_filters[0] + ARRAY_SIZE(filters->flex_filters);
+ filt < ARRAY_END(filters->flex_filters);
filt++) {
if (!(filt->flags & SAP_FLEX_FILTER_ENABLED))
break;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index f6ce6e26..a7aa3ce4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ static int proc_conninfo_ex(struct usb_dev_state *ps,
if (ci.num_ports < ARRAY_SIZE(ci.ports))
memmove(&ci.ports[0],
- &ci.ports[ARRAY_SIZE(ci.ports) - ci.num_ports],
+ ARRAY_END(ci.ports) - ci.num_ports,
ci.num_ports);
if (copy_to_user(arg, &ci, min(sizeof(ci), size)))
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/dfs.h b/fs/smb/client/dfs.h
index e60f0a24..4977f649 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/dfs.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/dfs.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct dfs_ref_walk {
};
#define ref_walk_start(w) ((w)->refs)
-#define ref_walk_end(w) (&(w)->refs[ARRAY_SIZE((w)->refs) - 1])
+#define ref_walk_end(w) (ARRAY_END((w)->refs) - 1)
#define ref_walk_cur(w) ((w)->ref)
#define ref_walk_descend(w) (--ref_walk_cur(w) >= ref_walk_start(w))
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 1b9b18e5..0ff49f24 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ static unsigned int PROG_NAME(stack_size)(const void *ctx, const struct bpf_insn
u64 regs[MAX_BPF_EXT_REG] = {}; \
\
kmsan_unpoison_memory(stack, sizeof(stack)); \
- FP = (u64) (unsigned long) &stack[ARRAY_SIZE(stack)]; \
+ FP = (u64) (unsigned long) ARRAY_END(stack); \
ARG1 = (u64) (unsigned long) ctx; \
return ___bpf_prog_run(regs, insn); \
}
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ static u64 PROG_NAME_ARGS(stack_size)(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5, \
u64 regs[MAX_BPF_EXT_REG]; \
\
kmsan_unpoison_memory(stack, sizeof(stack)); \
- FP = (u64) (unsigned long) &stack[ARRAY_SIZE(stack)]; \
+ FP = (u64) (unsigned long) ARRAY_END(stack); \
BPF_R1 = r1; \
BPF_R2 = r2; \
BPF_R3 = r3; \
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 198f8a0d..d98e42a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp_maybe_skipping_dsack(struct sk_buff *skb,
static int tcp_sack_cache_ok(const struct tcp_sock *tp, const struct tcp_sack_block *cache)
{
- return cache < tp->recv_sack_cache + ARRAY_SIZE(tp->recv_sack_cache);
+ return cache < ARRAY_END(tp->recv_sack_cache);
}
static int
@@ -2109,7 +2109,7 @@ tcp_sacktag_write_queue(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *ack_skb,
if (!tp->sacked_out) {
/* It's already past, so skip checking against it */
- cache = tp->recv_sack_cache + ARRAY_SIZE(tp->recv_sack_cache);
+ cache = ARRAY_END(tp->recv_sack_cache);
} else {
cache = tp->recv_sack_cache;
/* Skip empty blocks in at head of the cache */
Have a lovely day!
Alex
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[not found] ` <f1c9dff525752dc5a839760269a1c96d6e0870b4.1772752564.git.alx@kernel.org>
2026-03-09 11:17 ` [cocci] [PATCH] scripts/coccinelle: Add script for using ARRAY_END() Markus Elfring
2026-03-09 11:59 ` Julia Lawall
2026-03-09 12:16 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-09 12:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-09 12:21 ` Julia Lawall
2026-03-09 12:27 ` Alejandro Colomar
[not found] ` <9fd8d3d1e7ef3efb6e6dae0972dd515ff02e42bd.1773058287.git.alx@kernel.org>
2026-03-09 14:05 ` [PATCH v2] " Markus Elfring
2026-03-09 14:32 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-15 17:17 ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-03-15 17:54 ` Julia Lawall
2026-03-15 22:05 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-16 7:18 ` [v2] " Markus Elfring
2026-03-16 10:39 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-03-16 10:46 ` Markus Elfring
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