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")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/qcom-pm8xxx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/qcom-pm8xxx.c b/drivers/mfd/qcom-pm8xxx.c
index 29133326c6fd..acd172ddcbd6 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/qcom-pm8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/qcom-pm8xxx.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct pm_irq_chip {
unsigned int num_masters;
const struct pm_irq_data *pm_irq_data;
/* MUST BE AT THE END OF THIS STRUCT */
- u8 config[0];
+ u8 config[];
};
static int pm8xxx_read_block_irq(struct pm_irq_chip *chip, unsigned int bp,
--
2.23.0
