Re: fs/ufs/inode.c:817: warning: array subscript is above array bounds

["Tomasz Kvarsin" <kvarsin@gmail.com>]

d binderman wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I just tried to compile Linux kernel 2.6.19.2 with the
> new GNU C compiler version 4.3 snapshot 20070126.
>
> The compiler said
>
> fs/ufs/inode.c:817: warning: array subscript is above array bounds
>
> The source code is
>
>        for (i = 0; i < (UFS_NDADDR + UFS_NINDIR); i++)
>            ufs_inode->ui_u2.ui_addr.ui_db[i] = ufsi->i_u1.i_data[i];
>
> but
>
> ./include/linux/ufs_fs.h:                       __fs32  ui_db[UFS_NDADDR];/*
> 0x28 data blocks */
> ./include/linux/ufs_fs.h:                       __fs64
> ui_db[UFS_NDADDR]; /* 112: Direct disk blocks. */
>
> and
>
>        __fs32  i_data[15];
>
> and
>
> #define UFS_NDADDR 12
> #define UFS_NINDIR 3
>
> so the kernel seems to be trying to write fifteen bytes into an array only
> twelve
> bytes in size. Suggest code rework.


As I see, linux-kernel is very high volume(noise?) list,
may better wil be resend to relevant mantainer(Andrew Morton?)
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