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]
sizeof(flexible-array-member) triggers a warning because flexible array
members have incomplete type[1]. There are some instances of code in
which the sizeof operator is being incorrectly/erroneously applied to
zero-length arrays and the result is zero. Such instances may be hiding
some bugs. So, this work (flexible-array member conversions) will also
help to get completely rid of those sorts of issues.
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 <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Pull MD update from Shaohua Li:
"This update mostly includes bug fixes:
- md-cluster now supports raid10 from Guoqing
- raid5 PPL fixes from Artur
- badblock regression fix from Bo
- suspend hang related fixes from Neil
- raid5 reshape fixes from Neil
- raid1 freeze deadlock fix from Nate
- memleak fixes from Zdenek
- bitmap related fixes from Me and Tao
- other fixes and cleanups"
* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md: (33 commits)
md: free unused memory after bitmap resize
md: release allocated bitset sync_set
md/bitmap: clear BITMAP_WRITE_ERROR bit before writing it to sb
md: be cautious about using ->curr_resync_completed for ->recovery_offset
badblocks: fix wrong return value in badblocks_set if badblocks are disabled
md: don't check MD_SB_CHANGE_CLEAN in md_allow_write
md-cluster: update document for raid10
md: remove redundant variable q
raid1: remove obsolete code in raid1_write_request
md-cluster: Use a small window for raid10 resync
md-cluster: Suspend writes in RAID10 if within range
md-cluster/raid10: set "do_balance = 0" if area is resyncing
md: use lockdep_assert_held
raid1: prevent freeze_array/wait_all_barriers deadlock
md: use TASK_IDLE instead of blocking signals
md: remove special meaning of ->quiesce(.., 2)
md: allow metadata update while suspending.
md: use mddev_suspend/resume instead of ->quiesce()
md: move suspend_hi/lo handling into core md code
md: don't call bitmap_create() while array is quiesced.
...
Motivated by the desire to illiminate the imprecise nature of
DM-specific patches being unnecessarily sent to both the MD maintainer
and mailing-list. Which is born out of the fact that DM files also
reside in drivers/md/
Now all MD-specific files in drivers/md/ start with either "raid" or
"md-" and the MAINTAINERS file has been updated accordingly.
Shaohua: don't change module name
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Gustavo A. R. Silva