net: sched: 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")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload {
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u64 cycle_time_extension;
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size_t num_entries;
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struct tc_taprio_sched_entry entries[0];
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struct tc_taprio_sched_entry entries[];
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};
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/* Reference counting */
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct em_ipt_match {
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const struct xt_match *match;
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u32 hook;
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u8 nfproto;
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u8 match_data[0] __aligned(8);
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u8 match_data[] __aligned(8);
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};
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struct em_ipt_xt_match {
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struct nbyte_data {
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struct tcf_em_nbyte hdr;
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char pattern[0];
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char pattern[];
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};
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static int em_nbyte_change(struct net *net, void *data, int data_len,
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struct atm_flow_data *excess; /* flow for excess traffic;
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NULL to set CLP instead */
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int hdr_len;
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unsigned char hdr[0]; /* header data; MUST BE LAST */
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unsigned char hdr[]; /* header data; MUST BE LAST */
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};
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struct atm_qdisc_data {
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struct disttable {
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u32 size;
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s16 table[0];
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s16 table[];
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};
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struct netem_sched_data {
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