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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:05:07 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] wifi: mt76: mt7996: Use DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() and
 fix -Warray-bounds warnings
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 02:57:24PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Transform zero-length arrays `adm_stat` and `msdu_cnt` into proper
> flexible-array members in anonymous union in `struct
> mt7996_mcu_all_sta_info_event` via the DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY()
> helper; and fix multiple -Warray-bounds warnings:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:483:61: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:490:58: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:492:58: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:469:61: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:477:66: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c:479:66: warning: array subscript <unknown> is outside array bounds of 'struct <anonymous>[0]' [-Warray-bounds=]
> 
> This results in no differences in binary output, helps with the ongoing
> efforts to globally enable -Warray-bounds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

The syntax looks a little funny initially, but yeah, that's how we need
to fix it for now.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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Kees Cook