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ceph: Replace zero-length array with flexible array member

PATCH In review Gustavo A. R. Silva 3 participants 3 messages May 14, 2021 – May 15, 2021

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PATCH 1/1 ceph: Replace zero-length array with flexible array member

There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2].

Notice that, in this case, sizeof(au->reply_buf) translates to zero, becase in the original code reply_buf is a zero-length array. Now that reply_buf is transformed into a flexible array, the mentioned line of code is now replaced by a literal 0.

Also, as a safeguard, explicitly assign NULL to auth->authorizer_reply_buf, as no heap is allocated for it, therefore it should not be accessible.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

---
 net/ceph/auth_none.c | 4 ++--
 net/ceph/auth_none.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
net/ceph/auth_none.c +2 -2
index 70e86e462250..10ee16d2cbf0 100644
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static int ceph_auth_none_create_authorizer(
 	auth->authorizer = (struct ceph_authorizer *) au;
 	auth->authorizer_buf = au->buf;
 	auth->authorizer_buf_len = au->buf_len;
-	auth->authorizer_reply_buf = au->reply_buf;
-	auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len = sizeof (au->reply_buf);
+	auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len = 0;
+	auth->authorizer_reply_buf = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
net/ceph/auth_none.h +1 -1
index 4158f064302e..3c68c0ee3dab 100644
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct ceph_none_authorizer {
 	struct ceph_authorizer base;
 	char buf[128];
 	int buf_len;
-	char reply_buf[0];
+	char reply_buf[];
 };
 
 struct ceph_auth_none_info {
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Quoted 45 lines · Gustavo A. R. Silva

There is a regular need in the kernel to provide a way to declare having a dynamically sized set of trailing elements in a structure. Kernel code should always use “flexible array members”[1] for these cases. The older style of one-element or zero-length arrays should no longer be used[2].

Notice that, in this case, sizeof(au->reply_buf) translates to zero, becase in the original code reply_buf is a zero-length array. Now that reply_buf is transformed into a flexible array, the mentioned line of code is now replaced by a literal 0.

Also, as a safeguard, explicitly assign NULL to auth->authorizer_reply_buf, as no heap is allocated for it, therefore it should not be accessible.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_array_member
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.10/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays

---
 net/ceph/auth_none.c | 4 ++--
 net/ceph/auth_none.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
net/ceph/auth_none.c +2 -2
index 70e86e462250..10ee16d2cbf0 100644
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ static int ceph_auth_none_create_authorizer(
        auth->authorizer = (struct ceph_authorizer *) au;
        auth->authorizer_buf = au->buf;
        auth->authorizer_buf_len = au->buf_len;
-       auth->authorizer_reply_buf = au->reply_buf;
-       auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len = sizeof (au->reply_buf);
+       auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len = 0;
+       auth->authorizer_reply_buf = NULL;
 
        return 0;
 }
net/ceph/auth_none.h +0 -0
index 4158f064302e..3c68c0ee3dab 100644

net/ceph/auth_none.h struct ceph_none_authorizer { · line 22

Quoted 8 lines
net/ceph/auth_none.h +1 -1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct ceph_none_authorizer {
        struct ceph_authorizer base;
        char buf[128];
        int buf_len;
-       char reply_buf[0];
+       char reply_buf[];
 };
 
 struct ceph_auth_none_info {

Hi Gustavo,

I went ahead and removed reply_buf. We never receive authorizer replies in auth_none mode, so patching it to be a flexible array is rather pointless.

Thanks,

Ilya

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Quoted 6 lines · Ilya Dryomov

Hi Gustavo,

I went ahead and removed reply_buf. We never receive authorizer replies in auth_none mode, so patching it to be a flexible array is rather pointless.

Sounds great. :)

Thanks, Ilya.
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Gustavo