[PATCH v3 1/2] uapi: fix __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY for C++

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__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(T, member) macro expands to

	struct {
		struct {} __empty_member;
		T member[];
	};

which is subtly wrong in C++ because sizeof(struct{}) is 1 not 0,
changing UAPI structures layouts.

This can be fixed by expanding to

	T member[];

Now g++ doesn't like "T member[]" either, throwing errors on
the following code:

	struct S {
		union {
			T1 member1[];
			T2 member2[];
		};
	};

or

	struct S {
		T member[];
	};

Use "T member[0];" which seems to work and does the right thing wrt
structure layout.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 3080ea5553cc ("stddef: Introduce DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper")
---

 include/uapi/linux/stddef.h |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 		struct TAG { MEMBERS } ATTRS NAME; \
 	}
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* sizeof(struct{}) is 1 in C++, not 0, can't use C version of the macro. */
+#define __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(T, member)	\
+	T member[0]
+#else
 /**
  * __DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() - Declare a flexible array usable in a union
  *
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@
 		TYPE NAME[]; \
 	}
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __counted_by
 #define __counted_by(m)



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