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As reported by Mahesh & Aneesh, opal_prd_msg_notifier() triggers a
FORTIFY_SOURCE warning:
memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 32) of single field "&item->msg" at arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c:355 (size 4)
WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 660 at arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c:355 opal_prd_msg_notifier+0x174/0x188 [opal_prd]
NIP opal_prd_msg_notifier+0x174/0x188 [opal_prd]
LR opal_prd_msg_notifier+0x170/0x188 [opal_prd]
Call Trace:
opal_prd_msg_notifier+0x170/0x188 [opal_prd] (unreliable)
notifier_call_chain+0xc0/0x1b0
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x2c/0x40
opal_message_notify+0xf4/0x2c0
This happens because the copy is targeting item->msg, which is only 4
bytes in size, even though the enclosing item was allocated with extra
space following the msg.
To fix the warning define struct opal_prd_msg with a union of the header
and a flex array, and have the memcpy target the flex array.
Reported-by: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230821142820.497107-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
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