mm: replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
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 7649773293
("cxgb3/l2t: Fix undefined behaviour")
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build]
Signed-off-by: chenqiwu <chenqiwu@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1586599916-15456-1-git-send-email-qiwuchen55@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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unsigned int nr_frames; /* Number of frames stored in ptrs array */
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bool got_ref; /* Did we pin pages by getting page ref? */
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bool is_pfns; /* Does array contain pages or pfns? */
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void *ptrs[0]; /* Array of pinned pfns / pages. Use
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void *ptrs[]; /* Array of pinned pfns / pages. Use
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* pfns_vector_pages() or pfns_vector_pfns()
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* for access */
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};
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