fs/verity/enable.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Make use of the struct_size() helper to calculate the size of struct
fsverity_digest instead of an open-coded version, in order to get rid
of the warning by sparse.
Also, address the following sparse warning:
fs/verity/enable.c:205:28: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure
Signed-off-by: Zhang Jianhua <chris.zjh@huawei.com>
---
v2:
- change the commit message from bugfix to cleanup
fs/verity/enable.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/verity/enable.c b/fs/verity/enable.c
index f75d2c010f36..075dc0aa5416 100644
--- a/fs/verity/enable.c
+++ b/fs/verity/enable.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int enable_verity(struct file *filp,
const struct fsverity_operations *vops = inode->i_sb->s_vop;
struct merkle_tree_params params = { };
struct fsverity_descriptor *desc;
- size_t desc_size = sizeof(*desc) + arg->sig_size;
+ size_t desc_size = struct_size(desc, signature, arg->sig_size);
struct fsverity_info *vi;
int err;
--
2.31.0
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:24:50AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote: > Also, address the following sparse warning: > fs/verity/enable.c:205:28: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure How can I reproduce this warning? I am using the latest version of sparse, and I don't see any of these warnings you're reporting. $ sparse --version v0.6.4 $ make C=2 fs/verity/ CHECK scripts/mod/empty.c CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool CHECK fs/verity/enable.c CHECK fs/verity/hash_algs.c CHECK fs/verity/init.c CHECK fs/verity/measure.c CHECK fs/verity/open.c CHECK fs/verity/read_metadata.c CHECK fs/verity/verify.c CHECK fs/verity/signature.c - Eric
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 08:06:04PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:24:50AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote: > > Also, address the following sparse warning: > > fs/verity/enable.c:205:28: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure > > How can I reproduce this warning? I am using the latest version of sparse, and > I don't see any of these warnings you're reporting. > > $ sparse --version > v0.6.4 > $ make C=2 fs/verity/ > CHECK scripts/mod/empty.c > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh > CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh > DESCEND objtool > CHECK fs/verity/enable.c > CHECK fs/verity/hash_algs.c > CHECK fs/verity/init.c > CHECK fs/verity/measure.c > CHECK fs/verity/open.c > CHECK fs/verity/read_metadata.c > CHECK fs/verity/verify.c > CHECK fs/verity/signature.c > 'make C=2 CHECK="sparse -Wflexible-array-sizeof"' does the trick. However, it produces a *lot* of warnings all over the place. Unless there is an effort to actually address all of these so that this warning can be enabled by default, I don't see the poinnt in addressing these just for the warnings sake. The change to fsverity_ioctl_measure() is definitely just for the warning's sake, so I don't really want to do that one. The change to enable_verity() is a bit less useless, so I could still take that one. - Eric
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 08:17:59PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 08:06:04PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:24:50AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote: > > > Also, address the following sparse warning: > > > fs/verity/enable.c:205:28: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure > > > > How can I reproduce this warning? I am using the latest version of sparse, and > > I don't see any of these warnings you're reporting. > > > > $ sparse --version > > v0.6.4 > > $ make C=2 fs/verity/ > > CHECK scripts/mod/empty.c > > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh > > CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh > > DESCEND objtool > > CHECK fs/verity/enable.c > > CHECK fs/verity/hash_algs.c > > CHECK fs/verity/init.c > > CHECK fs/verity/measure.c > > CHECK fs/verity/open.c > > CHECK fs/verity/read_metadata.c > > CHECK fs/verity/verify.c > > CHECK fs/verity/signature.c > > > > 'make C=2 CHECK="sparse -Wflexible-array-sizeof"' does the trick. However, it > produces a *lot* of warnings all over the place. > > Unless there is an effort to actually address all of these so that this warning > can be enabled by default, I don't see the poinnt in addressing these just for > the warnings sake. The change to fsverity_ioctl_measure() is definitely just > for the warning's sake, so I don't really want to do that one. The change to > enable_verity() is a bit less useless, so I could still take that one. Importantly, struct_size() still relies on sizeof() so this has zero effect on those sparse warnings. Johan
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:24:45PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 08:17:59PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 08:06:04PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:24:50AM +0800, Zhang Jianhua wrote:
> > > > Also, address the following sparse warning:
> > > > fs/verity/enable.c:205:28: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure
> > >
> > > How can I reproduce this warning? I am using the latest version of sparse, and
> > > I don't see any of these warnings you're reporting.
> > >
> > > $ sparse --version
> > > v0.6.4
> > > $ make C=2 fs/verity/
> > > CHECK scripts/mod/empty.c
> > > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > > CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
> > > DESCEND objtool
> > > CHECK fs/verity/enable.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/hash_algs.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/init.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/measure.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/open.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/read_metadata.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/verify.c
> > > CHECK fs/verity/signature.c
> > >
> >
> > 'make C=2 CHECK="sparse -Wflexible-array-sizeof"' does the trick. However, it
> > produces a *lot* of warnings all over the place.
> >
> > Unless there is an effort to actually address all of these so that this warning
> > can be enabled by default, I don't see the poinnt in addressing these just for
> > the warnings sake. The change to fsverity_ioctl_measure() is definitely just
> > for the warning's sake, so I don't really want to do that one. The change to
> > enable_verity() is a bit less useless, so I could still take that one.
>
> Importantly, struct_size() still relies on sizeof() so this has zero
> effect on those sparse warnings.
>
Yeah, you're right. In fact struct_size() generates two warnings, whereas
directly writing sizeof only generates 1! So clearly sparse's
-Wflexible-array-sizeof warning is useless as-is.
I'm still keeping this patch, but I updated the commit message to not claim that
it addresses a sparse warning. Now it's just:
fs-verity: Use struct_size() helper in enable_verity()
Follow the best practice for allocating a variable-sized structure.
- Eric
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