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]
sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
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")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/sound/soc-dapm.h | 2 +-
include/sound/soc.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/sound/soc-dapm.h b/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
index 08495f8d86dc..cc3dcb815282 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-dapm.h
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ struct snd_soc_dapm_context {
/* A list of widgets associated with an object, typically a snd_kcontrol */
struct snd_soc_dapm_widget_list {
int num_widgets;
- struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widgets[0];
+ struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widgets[];
};
#define for_each_dapm_widgets(list, i, widget) \
diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index 13458e4fbb13..3e14442de2ec 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime {
unsigned int fe_compr:1; /* for Dynamic PCM */
int num_components;
- struct snd_soc_component *components[0]; /* CPU/Codec/Platform */
+ struct snd_soc_component *components[]; /* CPU/Codec/Platform */
};
/* see soc_new_pcm_runtime() */
#define asoc_rtd_to_cpu(rtd, n) (rtd)->dais[n]
