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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3][next] integrity: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end
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To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
 "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
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On 3/21/24 07:58, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-03-20 at 22:11 -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>> -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end is coming in GCC-14, and we are getting
>> ready to enable it globally.
>>
>> There is currently an object (`hdr)` in `struct ima_max_digest_data`
>> that contains a flexible structure (`struct ima_digest_data`):
>>
>>   struct ima_max_digest_data {
>> 	struct ima_digest_data hdr;
>>          u8 digest[HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE];
>>   } __packed;
>>
>> So, in order to avoid ending up with a flexible-array member in the
>> middle of a struct, we use the `__struct_group()` helper to separate
>> the flexible array from the rest of the members in the flexible
>> structure:
>>
>> struct ima_digest_data {
>>          __struct_group(ima_digest_data_hdr, hdr, __packed,
>>
>> 	... the rest of the members
>>
>>          );
>>          u8 digest[];
>> } __packed;
>>
>> With the change described above, we can now declare an object of the
>> type of the tagged `struct ima_digest_data_hdr`, without embedding the
>> flexible array in the middle of another struct:
>>
>>   struct ima_max_digest_data {
>>          struct ima_digest_data_hdr hdr;
>>          u8 digest[HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE];
>>   } __packed;
>>
> 
> And similarly for 'struct evm_digest'.

Yes. :)

> 
> 
>> We also use `container_of()` whenever we need to retrieve a pointer to
>> the flexible structure.
>>
>> So, with these changes, fix the following warnings:
>>
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
>> security/integrity/evm/evm.h:45:32: warning: structure containing a flexible
>> array member is not at the end of another structure [-Wflex-array-member-not-
>> at-end]
> 
> I assume these messages are gone.

Yes. :)

Thanks
--
Gustavo