The current codebase makes use of the zero-length array language extension to the C90 standard, but the preferred mechanism to declare variable-length types such as these ones is a flexible array member[1][2], introduced in C99: struct foo { int stuff; struct boo array[]; }; By making use of the mechanism above, we will get a compiler warning in case the flexible array does not occur last in the structure, which will help us prevent some kind of undefined behavior bugs from being inadvertently introduced[3] to the codebase from now on. Also, notice that, dynamic memory allocations won't be affected by this change: "Flexible array members have incomplete type, and so the sizeof operator may not be applied. As a quirk of the original implementation of zero-length arrays, sizeof evaluates to zero."[1] This issue was found with the help of Coccinelle. [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html [2] https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/21 [3] commit 76497732932f ("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
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| @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct em_cap_state { · 35 unmodified lines | |||
| 36 | struct em_perf_domain { | 36 | struct em_perf_domain { |
| 37 | struct em_cap_state *table; | 37 | struct em_cap_state *table; |
| 38 | int nr_cap_states; | 38 | int nr_cap_states; |
| 39 | unsigned long cpus[0]; | 39 | unsigned long cpus[]; |
| 40 | }; | 40 | }; |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | #ifdef CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL | 42 | #ifdef CONFIG_ENERGY_MODEL |