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RE: [PATCH 0/3] net: wireless: use struct_size where appropriate

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2023 10:24 PM
> To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] net: wireless: use struct_size where appropriate
> 
> Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > This series fixes a few wireless drivers to use struct_size rather than open
> > coding some equivalent checks. This ensures that these size calculations
> > will not overflow but instead be bounded at SIZE_MAX.
> >
> > In the first case, the code is first converted to a flexible array, which
> > saves a few bytes of memory in addition to the fix with struct_size.
> >
> > These were caught with a coccinelle patch I recently posted at [1].
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230227202428.3657443-1-
> jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Jacob Keller (3):
> >   wifi: ipw2x00: convert ipw_fw_error->elem to flexible array[]
> >   wifi: cfg80211: use struct_size and size_sub for payload length
> >   wifi: nl80211: convert cfg80211_scan_request allocation to *_size
> >     macros
> >
> >  drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c  |  7 +++--
> >  drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.h  |  3 +--
> >  .../net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c |  7 ++---
> >  net/wireless/nl80211.c                        | 26 ++++++++++---------
> >  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> I don't see the actual patches, only the cover letter. Also nothing on
> patchwork:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/?state=*
> 

Hmm.. Let me resend.

Thanks,
Jake

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