[PATCH] vt: Replace 0-length array with flexible array

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 17:06:04 EST


Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct uni_screen's
"lines" 0-length array with a flexible array. Detected with GCC 13,
using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:

../drivers/tty/vt/vt.c: In function 'vc_uniscr_copy_area':
../drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:488:48: warning: array subscript dst_row is outside array bounds of 'char32_t *[0]' {aka 'unsigned int *[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
488 | char32_t *dst_line = dst->lines[dst_row];
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
../drivers/tty/vt/vt.c:335:19: note: while referencing 'lines'
335 | char32_t *lines[0];
| ^~~~~

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 981d2bfcf9a5..b1445f00f616 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ typedef uint32_t char32_t;
* scrolling only implies some pointer shuffling.
*/
struct uni_screen {
- char32_t *lines[0];
+ DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(char32_t *, lines);
};

static struct uni_screen *vc_uniscr_alloc(unsigned int cols, unsigned int rows)
--
2.34.1