include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct ethtool_rxnfc's
"rule_locs" 0-length array with a flexible array. Detected with GCC 13,
using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3:
net/ethtool/common.c: In function 'ethtool_get_max_rxnfc_channel':
net/ethtool/common.c:558:55: warning: array subscript i is outside array bounds of '__u32[0]' {aka 'unsigned int[]'} [-Warray-bounds=]
558 | .fs.location = info->rule_locs[i],
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
In file included from include/linux/ethtool.h:19,
from include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h:12,
from include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h:6,
from net/ethtool/common.c:3:
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h:1186:41: note: while referencing
'rule_locs'
1186 | __u32 rule_locs[0];
| ^~~~~~~~~
[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
Cc: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>
Cc: Alexandru Tachici <alexandru.tachici@analog.com>
Cc: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 58e587ba0450..9b97b3e0ec1f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ struct ethtool_rxnfc {
__u32 rule_cnt;
__u32 rss_context;
};
- __u32 rule_locs[0];
+ __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(__u32, rule_locs);
};
--
2.34.1
On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 13:41:34 -0800 Kees Cook wrote: > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct ethtool_rxnfc's > "rule_locs" 0-length array with a flexible array. Detected with GCC 13, > using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3: You gotta CC netdev to get it into patchwork etc.
On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 03:27:31PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 13:41:34 -0800 Kees Cook wrote: > > Zero-length arrays are deprecated[1]. Replace struct ethtool_rxnfc's > > "rule_locs" 0-length array with a flexible array. Detected with GCC 13, > > using -fstrict-flex-arrays=3: > > You gotta CC netdev to get it into patchwork etc. Oops, thanks. I'm not sure how that went missing. v2 sent. -- Kees Cook
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