toshiba: 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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@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ struct gelic_port {
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struct gelic_card *card;
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struct net_device *netdev;
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enum gelic_port_type type;
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long priv[0]; /* long for alignment */
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long priv[]; /* long for alignment */
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};
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static inline struct gelic_card *port_to_card(struct gelic_port *p)
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@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ struct gelic_eurus_scan_info {
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__be32 reserved2;
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__be32 reserved3;
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__be32 reserved4;
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u8 elements[0]; /* ie */
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u8 elements[]; /* ie */
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} __packed;
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/* the hypervisor returns bbs up to 16 */
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@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ struct spider_net_card {
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struct spider_net_extra_stats spider_stats;
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/* Must be last item in struct */
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struct spider_net_descr darray[0];
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struct spider_net_descr darray[];
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};
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#endif
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@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ struct TxFD {
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struct RxFD {
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struct FDesc fd;
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struct BDesc bd[0]; /* variable length */
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struct BDesc bd[]; /* variable length */
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};
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struct FrFD {
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