overflow: Clarify expectations for getting DEFINE_FLEX variable sizes

Mention the use of __member_size() for DEFINE_FLEX variables as a hint
for getting at the compile-time size of the resulting flexible array
member.

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250416172911.work.854-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index 0c7e3dcfe8670cb95f371a6f7d41bb8b63b1786c..6ee67c20b575b849d3feb2b2c21f29611de870ec 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
  * Define a zeroed, on-stack, instance of @type structure with a trailing
  * flexible array member.
  * Use __struct_size(@name) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
+ * Use __member_size(@name->member) to get compile-time size of @name members.
  */
 #define DEFINE_RAW_FLEX(type, name, member, count)     \
        _DEFINE_FLEX(type, name, member, count, = {})
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
  * Define a zeroed, on-stack, instance of @TYPE structure with a trailing
  * flexible array member.
  * Use __struct_size(@NAME) to get compile-time size of it afterwards.
+ * Use __member_size(@NAME->member) to get compile-time size of @NAME members.
  */
 #define DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNTER, COUNT)        \
        _DEFINE_FLEX(TYPE, NAME, MEMBER, COUNT, = { .obj.COUNTER = COUNT, })