Re: [PATCH] scsi: uapi: Replace 0-length array with flexible array

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Fri Jan 06 2023 - 11:18:22 EST


On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 03:30:46PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct
> fc_bsg_host_vendor_reply's "vendor_rsp" 0-length array with a flexible
> array. Detected with GCC 13, using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
>
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c: In function 'qla25xx_process_bidir_status_iocb.isra':
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c:3117:54: warning: array subscript 0 is outside array bounds of '__u32[0]' {aka 'unsigned int[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
> 3117 | bsg_reply->reply_data.vendor_reply.vendor_rsp[0] = rval;
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
> In file included from drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h:34,
> from drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c:6:
> include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h:219:15: note: while referencing 'vendor_rsp'
> 219 | __u32 vendor_rsp[0];
> | ^~~~~~~~~~
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
>
> Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
--
Gustavo

> ---
> include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h b/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h
> index 7f5930801f72..5e46cf1054af 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_fc.h
> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct fc_bsg_host_vendor {
> */
> struct fc_bsg_host_vendor_reply {
> /* start of vendor response area */
> - __u32 vendor_rsp[0];
> + __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__u32, vendor_rsp);
> };
>
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>