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/net/wireless/wl3501.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501.h
index efdce9ae36ea..b446cb369557 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ struct iw_mgmt_info_element {
u8 id; /* one of enum iw_mgmt_info_element_ids,
but sizeof(enum) > sizeof(u8) :-( */
u8 len;
- u8 data[0];
+ u8 data[];
} __packed;
struct iw_mgmt_essid_pset {
--
2.23.0
