freescale: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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PATCH 1/1 freescale: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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")
--- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h +1 -1
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ struct enetc_int_vector {char name[ENETC_INT_NAME_MAX ];struct enetc_bdr rx_ring____cacheline_aligned_in_smp ; -struct enetc_bdr tx_ring[0 ]; +struct enetc_bdr tx_ring[]; };struct enetc_cls_rule {
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h +1 -1
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ struct tgs_gcl_data {__le32 bth;__le32 ct;__le32 cte; -struct gce entry[0 ]; +struct gce entry[]; };struct enetc_cbd {
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h +1 -1
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ struct fec_enet_private {int pps_enable;unsigned int next_counter; -u64 ethtool_stats[0 ]; +u64 ethtool_stats[]; };void fec_ptp_init (struct platform_device *pdev,int irq_idx);
Signature · 1 line
2.25.0
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:43:46 -0600
Quoted 22 lines
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]
Quoted 7 lines
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] commit76497732932f("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")Signed-off-by Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Applied.