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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic
From:       Long Li <longli () microsoft ! com>
Date:       2024-04-08 19:42:13
Message-ID: SJ1PR21MB3457CFCEF273664F3342A9A4CE002 () SJ1PR21MB3457 ! namprd21 ! prod ! outlook ! com
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> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded
> arithmetic
>
> This is an effort to get rid of all multiplications from allocation functions in order to
> prevent integer overflows [1][2].
>
> As the "req" variable is a pointer to "struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2"
> and this structure ends in a flexible array:
>
> struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 {
>       [...]
>         mana_handle_t indir_tab[] __counted_by(num_indir_entries); };
>
> the preferred way in the kernel is to use the struct_size() helper to do the
> arithmetic instead of the calculation "size + size * count" in the kzalloc() function.
>
> Moreover, use the "offsetof" helper to get the indirect table offset instead of the
> "sizeof" operator and avoid the open-coded arithmetic in pointers using the new
> flex member. This new structure member also allow us to remove the
> "req_indir_tab" variable since it is no longer needed.
>
> This way, the code is more readable and safer.
>
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and modified
> manually.
>
> Link:
> https://www.ker/
> nel.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Flatest%2Fprocess%2Fdeprecated.html%23open-
> coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-
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> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@outlook.com>

Reviewed-by: Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>


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