Annotate the pointer field 'regs' in 'struct dfx_diff_registers' with
the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute, referencing the 'reg_len' member
which holds the element count of the allocated memory.

In 'drivers/crypto/hisilicon/debugfs.c', the 'dfx_regs_init' function
allocates the 'diff_regs' array and initializes each element's 'regs'
pointer after setting its 'reg_len'.

Since 'reg_len' is set before 'regs' is assigned, the compiler's bounds
sanitizer can correctly associate the pointer with its allocated size.

Cc: codemender-patching+linux@google.com
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
---
 include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h b/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
index 8dc49fa2123b..f2885d60b468 100644
--- a/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
+++ b/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct qm_dev_dfx {
 };
 
 struct dfx_diff_registers {
-	u32 *regs;
+	u32 *regs __counted_by_ptr(reg_len);
 	u32 reg_offset;
 	u32 reg_len;
 };
-- 
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog

On 9/23/26 15:10, Bill Wendling wrote:
> Annotate the pointer field 'regs' in 'struct dfx_diff_registers' with
> the '__counted_by_ptr' attribute, referencing the 'reg_len' member
> which holds the element count of the allocated memory.
> 
> In 'drivers/crypto/hisilicon/debugfs.c', the 'dfx_regs_init' function
> allocates the 'diff_regs' array and initializes each element's 'regs'
> pointer after setting its 'reg_len'.
> 
> Since 'reg_len' is set before 'regs' is assigned, the compiler's bounds
> sanitizer can correctly associate the pointer with its allocated size.
> 
> Cc: codemender-patching+linux@google.com
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>

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

Thanks
-Gustavo

> ---
>   include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h b/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
> index 8dc49fa2123b..f2885d60b468 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hisi_acc_qm.h
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ struct qm_dev_dfx {
>   };
>   
>   struct dfx_diff_registers {
> -	u32 *regs;
> +	u32 *regs __counted_by_ptr(reg_len);
>   	u32 reg_offset;
>   	u32 reg_len;
>   };