Re: [PATCH net-next 01/12] qed: Add ll2 option to limit the number of bds per packet

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From: Michal Kalderon <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 11:23:47 +0300

> +		p_pkt = (void *)((u8 *)p_tx->descq_array + desc_size * i);

Hmmm... this is definitely a red flag.

> @@ -63,17 +63,14 @@ struct qed_ll2_rx_packet {
>  struct qed_ll2_tx_packet {
>  	struct list_head list_entry;
>  	u16 bd_used;
> -	u16 vlan;
> -	u16 l4_hdr_offset_w;
> -	u8 bd_flags;
>  	bool notify_fw;
>  	void *cookie;
> -
> +	/* Flexible Array of bds_set determined by max_bds_per_packet */
>  	struct {
>  		struct core_tx_bd *txq_bd;
>  		dma_addr_t tx_frag;
>  		u16 frag_len;
> -	} bds_set[ETH_TX_MAX_BDS_PER_NON_LSO_PACKET];
> +	} bds_set[1];
>  };

If you do this then you have to make the ->descq_array a void pointer
or something.

Otherwise someone will try to access it as an array and it will
explode because the elements of the array are of a variable size.
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