From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> gcc complains when writing into a zero-length array: drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.c: In function 'es581_4_tx_can_msg': drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.c:374:42: warning: array subscript 65535 is outside the bounds of an interior zero-length array 'u8[0]' {aka 'unsigned char[]'} [-Wzero-length-bounds] 374 | tx_can_msg = (typeof(tx_can_msg))&es581_4_urb_cmd->raw_msg[msg_len]; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.h:21, from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.c:15: drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h:195:20: note: while referencing 'raw_msg' 195 | u8 raw_msg[0]; | ^~~~~~~ CC [M] drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.o drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c: In function 'es58x_fd_tx_can_msg': drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:360:42: warning: array subscript 65535 is outside the bounds of an interior zero-length array 'u8[0]' {aka 'unsigned char[]'} [-Wzero-length-bounds] 360 | tx_can_msg = (typeof(tx_can_msg))&es58x_fd_urb_cmd->raw_msg[msg_len]; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.h:22, from drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.c:17: drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h:222:20: note: while referencing 'raw_msg' 222 | u8 raw_msg[0]; | ^~~~~~~ The solution is usually to use a flexible-array member the struct, but we can't directly have that inside of a union, nor can it be the only member of a struct, so add a dummy struct with another zero-length member to get the intended behavior. If someone has a better workaround, let me know and I can send a new patch, as this version is rather ugly. Fixes: f4f5247daa45 ("can: etas_es58x: rewrite the message cast in es58{1,_fd}_tx_can_msg to increase readability") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h | 5 ++++- drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h index 4bc60a6df697..ac5ef88db565 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es581_4.h @@ -192,7 +192,10 @@ struct es581_4_urb_cmd { struct es581_4_rx_cmd_ret rx_cmd_ret; __le64 timestamp; u8 rx_cmd_ret_u8; - u8 raw_msg[0]; + struct { + u8 __pad[0]; + u8 raw_msg[]; + }; } __packed; __le16 reserved_for_crc16_do_not_use; diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h index a191891b8777..253e7bafd0b6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h +++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_fd.h @@ -219,7 +219,10 @@ struct es58x_fd_urb_cmd { struct es58x_fd_tx_ack_msg tx_ack_msg; __le64 timestamp; __le32 rx_cmd_ret_le32; - u8 raw_msg[0]; + struct { + u8 __pad[0]; + u8 raw_msg[]; + }; } __packed; __le16 reserved_for_crc16_do_not_use; -- 2.29.2