Gustavo A. R. Silva b19d57d0f3 overflow.h: Add flex_array_size() helper ...

Add flex_array_size() helper for the calculation of the size, in bytes,
of a flexible array member contained within an enclosing structure.

Example of usage:

struct something {
	size_t count;
	struct foo items[];
};

struct something *instance;

instance = kmalloc(struct_size(instance, items, count), GFP_KERNEL);
instance->count = count;
memcpy(instance->items, src, flex_array_size(instance, items, instance->count));

The helper returns SIZE_MAX on overflow instead of wrapping around.

Additionally replaces parameter "n" with "count" in struct_size() helper
for greater clarity and unification.

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200609012233.GA3371@embeddedor
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

2020-06-16 20:45:08 -07:00

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