From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2][next] overflow: Add STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE() helper
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:05:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d53744e11c80eb3f03765238cbe648855f4168.1745355442.git.gustavoars@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1745355442.git.gustavoars@kernel.org>
Add new STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE() helper to get the size of a
flexible-array member defined using DEFINE_FLEX()/DEFINE_RAW_FLEX()
at compile time.
This is essentially the same as ARRAY_SIZE() but for on-stack
flexible-array members.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use "number of elements" instead of "size of" in kernel-doc blocks.
v1:
- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/8f9ab8fcd26ce59c0e0e25e095b446a77849c08e.1745342381.git.gustavoars@kernel.org/
include/linux/overflow.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index 6ee67c20b575..f33d74dac06f 100644
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
* flexible array member.
* Use __struct_size(@name) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
* Use __member_size(@name->member) to get compile-time size of @name members.
+ * Use STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE(@name, @member) to get compile-time number of
+ * elements in array @member.
*/
#define DEFINE_RAW_FLEX(type, name, member, count) \
_DEFINE_FLEX(type, name, member, count, = {})
@@ -438,8 +440,21 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
* flexible array member.
* Use __struct_size(@NAME) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
* Use __member_size(@NAME->member) to get compile-time size of @NAME members.
+ * Use STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE(@name, @member) to get compile-time number of
+ * elements in array @member.
*/
#define DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNTER, COUNT) \
_DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNT, = { .obj.COUNTER = COUNT, })
+/**
+ * STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE() - helper macro for DEFINE_FLEX() family.
+ * Returns the number of elements in @array.
+ *
+ * @name: Name for a variable defined in DEFINE_RAW_FLEX()/DEFINE_FLEX().
+ * @array: Name of the array member.
+ */
+#define STACK_FLEX_ARRAY_SIZE(name, array) \
+ (__member_size((name)->array) / sizeof(*(name)->array) + \
+ __must_be_array((name)->array))
+
#endif /* __LINUX_OVERFLOW_H */
--
2.43.0
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2025-04-22 21:04 [PATCH v2 0/2][next] " Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-04-22 21:05 ` Gustavo A. R. Silva [this message]
2025-04-22 21:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/2][next] kunit/overflow: Add tests for " Gustavo A. R. Silva
2025-04-30 21:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/2][next] Add " Kees Cook
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