net: marvell: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
PATCH 1/1 net: marvell: 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/marvell/skge.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.h +1 -1
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ struct skge_hw {spinlock_t phy_lock;struct tasklet_struct phy_task; -char irq_name[0 ];/* skge@pci:000:04:00.0 */ +char irq_name[];/* skge@pci:000:04:00.0 */ };enum pause_control {
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h +1 -1
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ struct sky2_hw {struct work_struct restart_work;wait_queue_head_t msi_wait; -char irq_name[0 ]; +char irq_name[]; };static inline int sky2_is_copper (const struct sky2_hw *hw)
Signature · 1 line
2.25.0
From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:12:13 -0600
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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.